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| 1 | 1 | 86R13685 JG-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1897 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to a bill of rights for home health care attendants | |
| 8 | 8 | employed at certain long-term care facilities. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Section 531.0586 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 531.0586. BILL OF RIGHTS FOR HOME HEALTH CARE | |
| 13 | 13 | ATTENDANTS AT CERTAIN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES. (a) The | |
| 14 | 14 | commission, in collaboration with the Texas Workforce Commission, | |
| 15 | 15 | shall prepare and publish on the commission's Internet website a | |
| 16 | 16 | bill of rights for home health care attendants employed by a | |
| 17 | 17 | long-term care facility licensed under Chapter 103, Human Resources | |
| 18 | 18 | Code, or Chapter 242, 247, 248A, or 252, Health and Safety Code. | |
| 19 | 19 | (b) The bill of rights must include a description of any | |
| 20 | 20 | federal or state labor laws applicable to home health care | |
| 21 | 21 | attendants. | |
| 22 | 22 | (c) A facility described by Subsection (a) must provide each | |
| 23 | 23 | home health care attendant employed by the facility with a copy of | |
| 24 | 24 | the bill of rights. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |