By: Guillen H.B. No. 3724
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the Chronic Kidney Disease Task Force
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 98.003, Health and Safety Code, as added
by Chapter 671 (H.B. 1373), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2007, and amended by H.B. 2055, Acts of the 81st Texas
Legislature, Regular Session, 2009,is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 98.003. DUTIES. The task force shall:
(1) coordinate implementation of the state's
cost-effective plan for prevention, early screening, diagnosis,
and management of [to educate health care professionals about the
advantages and methods of early screening, diagnosis, and treatment
of] chronic kidney disease for the state's population through
national, state and local partners[and complications related to
chronic kidney disease based on the Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality
Initiative Clinical Practice Guidelines for Chronic Kidney Disease
or other medically recognized clinical practice guidelines]; and
(2) educate health care professionals on the use of
clinical practice guidelines for screening, detecting, diagnosing,
treating and managing chronic kidney disease, its co-morbidities,
and complications based on the Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality
Initiative Clinical Practice Guidelines for Chronic Kidney
Disease.
SECTION 2. Section 98.006, Health and Safety Code, as added
by Chapter 671 (H.B. 1373), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2007, and amended by H.B. 2055, Acts of the 81st Texas
Legislature, Regular Session, 2009,is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 98.006. REPORT. Not later than January 1, 2013[2009],
the task force shall submit its findings and recommendations to:
(1) the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of
the house of representatives; and
(2) the presiding officers of the Senate Committee on
Health and Human Services and the Public Health Committee of the
house of representatives, or the appropriate committees of the 82nd
Legislature.
SECTION 3. Section 98.009, Health and Safety Code, as added
by Chapter 671 (H.B. 1373), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2007, and amended by H.B. 2055, Acts of the 81st Texas
Legislature, Regular Session, 2009,is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 98.009. EXPIRATION. The task force is abolished and
this chapter expires on August 31, 2013. [2009].
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.