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| 1 | - | 84R8112 JSC-D | |
| 2 | 1 | By: Naishtat H.B. No. 2584 | |
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| 5 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | - | relating to the authority of the executive commissioner of the | |
| 6 | + | relat | |
| 7 | + | ing to the authority of the executive commissioner of the | |
| 8 | 8 | Health and Human Services Commission to adopt rules defining | |
| 9 | 9 | certain medical conditions. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Section 242.040, Health and Safety Code, is | |
| 12 | 12 | amended by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | (g) The executive commissioner by rule shall adopt a | |
| 14 | 14 | definition of "Alzheimer's disease and related disorders," and may | |
| 15 | 15 | adopt by reference a definition published in a generally accepted | |
| 16 | 16 | clinical resource for medical professionals. The executive | |
| 17 | 17 | commissioner shall modify the definition as necessary to conform to | |
| 18 | 18 | changes in medical practice. | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 2. Section 247.029, Health and Safety Code, is | |
| 20 | 20 | amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | |
| 21 | - | (d) The executive commissioner of the Health and Human | |
| 22 | - | Services Commission by rule shall adopt a definition of | |
| 23 | - | "Alzheimer's disease and related disorders," and may adopt by | |
| 24 | - | reference a definition published in a generally accepted clinical | |
| 25 | - | resource for medical professionals. The executive commissioner | |
| 26 | - | shall modify the definition as necessary to conform to changes in | |
| 27 | - | medical practice. | |
| 21 | + | (d) The executive commissioner by rule shall adopt a | |
| 22 | + | definition of "Alzheimer's disease and related disorders," and may | |
| 23 | + | adopt by reference a definition published in a generally accepted | |
| 24 | + | clinical resource for medical professionals. The executive | |
| 25 | + | commissioner shall modify the definition as necessary to conform to | |
| 26 | + | changes in medical practice. | |
| 28 | 27 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 29 | 28 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 30 | 29 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 31 | 30 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 32 | 31 | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |