87R6715 JG-D
By: Turner of Dallas H.B. No. 4159
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the regulation of nurse aides; requiring an
occupational registration.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 250.001, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subdivisions (6) and (7) to read as follows:
(6) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services
Commission.
(7) "Executive commissioner" means the executive
commissioner of the commission.
SECTION 2. Section 250.0035, Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 250.0035. CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION; REQUIREMENTS
FOR INCLUSION IN NURSE AIDE REGISTRY [TRAINING REQUIREMENTS;
CONTINUING EDUCATION]. (a) To be listed on the nurse aide
registry, an applicant must:
(1) complete a training program approved by the
commission [Department of Aging and Disability Services] that
includes:
(A) [(1)] not less than 100 hours of course work
as specified by rule; and
(B) [(2)] a competency evaluation on completion
of the training program; and
(2) hold a certificate of registration issued by the
commission on completion of the training program required under
Subdivision (1).
(b) A certificate of registration and listing on the nurse
aide registry expire [expires] on the second anniversary of the
date the certificate is issued and the nurse aide is listed in the
registry [of the listing].
(c) To renew a nurse aide's certificate of registration and
listing on the registry, the nurse aide must complete at least 24
hours of in-service education every two years, including training
in geriatrics and, if applicable, in the care of patients with
Alzheimer's disease.
(d) The executive commissioner [of the Health and Human
Services Commission] shall adopt the rules [as] necessary to
implement this section, including rules for the issuance and
renewal of a certificate of registration under this section and the
regulation of nurse aides as necessary to protect the public health
and safety.
SECTION 3. (a) As soon as practicable after the effective
date of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human
Services Commission shall adopt the rules and procedures necessary
to implement Section 250.0035, Health and Safety Code, as amended
by this Act.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 250.0035, Health and Safety
Code, as amended by this Act, a nurse aide is not required to hold a
certificate of registration issued under that section until
September 1, 2022.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.