82R3311 SLB-D
By: Naishtat H.B. No. 2320
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to regulation of nurse aides.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 250, Health and Safety Code, is amended
by adding Section 250.0035 to read as follows:
Sec. 250.0035. TRAINING REQUIREMENTS; CONTINUING
EDUCATION. (a) To be listed on the nurse aide registry, an
applicant must complete a training program approved by the
Department of Aging and Disability Services that includes:
(1) not less than 120 hours and not more than 359 hours
of course work as specified by rule; and
(2) a competency evaluation on completion of the
training program.
(b) A listing on the nurse aide registry expires on the
second anniversary of the date of the listing. A nurse aide must
complete at least 12 hours of continuing education annually to
renew the nurse aide's listing on the registry.
(c) The executive commissioner of the Health and Human
Services Commission shall adopt rules as necessary to implement
this section.
SECTION 2. (a) The executive commissioner of the Health and
Human Services Commission shall adopt the rules necessary to
implement Section 250.0035, Health and Safety Code, as added by
this Act, not later than May 1, 2012.
(b) Section 250.0035, Health and Safety Code, as added by
this Act, applies only to an application for initial listing on the
nurse aide registry or for renewal of a listing on the registry
filed on or after September 1, 2012. An application filed before
that date is governed by the law in effect immediately before the
effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
(c) A person listed as a nurse aide on the nurse aide
registry under Chapter 250, Health and Safety Code, before
September 1, 2012, is entitled to continue to be included on the
nurse aide registry without fulfilling any additional educational
training or evaluation requirements established by the executive
commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission under
Section 250.0035(a), Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act,
if the person satisfies the other qualifications required by the
executive commissioner and Chapter 250.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.