Texas 2015 - 84th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB914 Compare Versions

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1		-	By: Kolkhorst, et al. S.B. No. 914
2		-	(Schubert, Raymond, Naishtat)
	1	+	S.B. No. 914
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5		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	4		AN ACT
7	5		relating to a council on long-term care facility surveys and
8	6		informal dispute resolution.
9	7		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	8		SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. In this Act:
11	9		(1) "Council" means the Long-Term Care Facility Survey
12	10		and Informal Dispute Resolution Council established under this Act.
13	11		(2) "Executive commissioner" means the executive
14	12		commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission.
15	13		(3) "Long-term care facility" means a facility subject
16	14		to regulation under Section 32.021(d), Human Resources Code, or
17	15		Chapter 242, 247, or 252, Health and Safety Code.
18	16		SECTION 2. COUNCIL ESTABLISHED; MEMBERSHIP; OFFICERS.
19	17		(a) Not later than December 1, 2015, the executive commissioner
20	18		shall establish a Long-Term Care Facility Survey and Informal
21	19		Dispute Resolution Council. The council is composed of the
22	20		following members appointed by the executive commissioner:
23	21		(1) two program managers from different Department of
24	22		Aging and Disability Services regions;
25	23		(2) one surveyor who has attained at least the level of
26	24		investigator IV;
27	25		(3) two members of an enforcement team from different
28	26		Department of Aging and Disability Services regions;
29	27		(4) three surveyors, each from a different Department
30	28		of Aging and Disability Services region, at least one of whom must
31	29		have a background in nursing, at least one of whom must have a
32	30		background in social work, and at least one of whom must have a
33	31		background in the provision of pharmacy services;
34	32		(5) one informal dispute resolution team leader;
35	33		(6) one informal dispute resolution reviewer;
36	34		(7) two owners or regional vice presidents of
37	35		operation who oversee multiple long-term care facilities;
38	36		(8) two regional quality assurance nurses who oversee
39	37		multiple long-term care facilities;
40	38		(9) two active long-term care facility
41	39		administrators; and
42	40		(10) two active long-term care facility directors of
43	41		nursing.
44	42		(b) The executive commissioner shall designate a member of
45	43		the council to serve as presiding officer. The members of the
46	44		council shall elect any other necessary officers.
47	45		(c) A member of the council serves at the will of the
48	46		executive commissioner.
49	47		SECTION 3. MEETINGS. The council shall meet at the call of
50	48		the executive commissioner.
51	49		SECTION 4. REIMBURSEMENT OR COMPENSATION NOT AUTHORIZED. A
52	50		member of the council is not entitled to reimbursement of expenses
53	51		or to compensation for service on the council.
54	52		SECTION 5. GIFTS OR GRANTS. The council may accept gifts
55	53		and grants from any source to be used to carry out a function of the
56	54		council.
57	55		SECTION 6. DUTIES OF COUNCIL. (a) The council shall study
58	56		and make recommendations regarding a consistent survey and informal
59	57		dispute resolution process for long-term care facilities.
60	58		(b) The council shall:
61	59		(1) study and make recommendations regarding best
62	60		practices and protocols to make survey, inspection, and informal
63	61		dispute resolution processes more efficient and less burdensome on
64	62		long-term care facilities; and
65	63		(2) recommend uniform standards for those processes.
66	64		SECTION 7. REPORT. Not later than January 1, 2017, the
67	65		council shall submit a report on the council's findings and
68	66		recommendations required by this Act to the executive commissioner,
69	67		the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of
70	68		representatives, and the chairs of the appropriate legislative
71	69		committees.
72	70		SECTION 8. APPLICATION OF CERTAIN LAW. Chapter 2110,
73	71		Government Code, does not apply to the council.
74	72		SECTION 9. EXPIRATION. This Act expires June 1, 2017.
75	73		SECTION 10. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect
76	74		September 1, 2015.
	75	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	76	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	77	+	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 914 passed the Senate on
	78	+	April 20, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
	79	+	______________________________
	80	+	Secretary of the Senate
	81	+	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 914 passed the House on
	82	+	May 19, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 1, two
	83	+	present not voting.
	84	+	______________________________
	85	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	86	+	Approved:
	87	+	______________________________
	88	+	Date
	89	+	______________________________
	90	+	Governor