By: Nelson S.B. No. 795
(Naishtat)
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 100 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.
(c) To renew a nurse aide's listing on the registry, the
nurse aide must complete at least 24 hours of in-service education
every two years, including training in geriatrics and, if
applicable, in the care of patients with Alzheimer's disease.
(d) 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, 2013.
(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, 2013. 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, 2013, 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
Subsection (a), Section 250.0035, Health and Safety Code, as added
by this Act, if the person satisfies the other qualifications
required by the executive commissioner and Chapter 250, Health and
Safety Code.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.