H.B. No. 3934
AN ACT
relating to training and continuing education requirements for
certain long-term care facilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 22.039, Human Resources Code, is amended
by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (b-1) and (b-2)
to read as follows:
(b) The department shall require a surveyor to complete a
basic training program before the surveyor inspects, surveys, or
investigates a long-term care facility.
(b-1) The training required under Subsection (b) must
include observation of the operations of a long-term care facility
unrelated to the survey, inspection, or investigation process for a
minimum of 10 working days within a 14-day period.
(b-2) The department may waive the requirement imposed
under Subsection (b-1) for a surveyor who has completed in the two
years preceding the inspection, survey, or investigation one year
of full-time employment in a nursing facility in this state as a:
(1) nursing facility administrator;
(2) licensed vocational nurse;
(3) registered nurse; or
(4) social worker.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3934 was passed by the House on May 4,
2017, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3934 was passed by the Senate on May
24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor