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