By: Guillen (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 3724
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2011;
May 9, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Health
and Human Services; May 20, 2011, reported favorably by the
following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 20, 2011, sent to printer.)
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, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 98.003. DUTIES. The task force shall:
(1) coordinate implementation of the state's [develop
a] cost-effective plan for prevention, early screening, diagnosis,
and management of chronic kidney disease for the state's population
through national, state, and local partners; and
(2) educate health care professionals on the use of
clinical practice guidelines for screening, detecting, diagnosing,
treating, and managing chronic kidney disease, its comorbidities,
and complications based on the Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality
Initiative Clinical Practice Guidelines for Chronic Kidney Disease
[develop a plan for surveillance and data analysis to assess the
impact of 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, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 98.006. REPORT. Not later than January 1, 2013 [2011],
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
[81st] 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, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 98.009. EXPIRATION. The task force is abolished and
this chapter expires on August 31, 2013 [September 1, 2011].
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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