By: Miles S.B. No. 1692
(In the Senate - Filed March 11, 2021; March 26, 2021, read
first time and referred to Committee on Health & Human Services;
April 20, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8,
Nays 0; April 20, 2021, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the provision of home dialysis care by a dialysis
technician.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 251, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 251.033 to read as follows:
Sec. 251.033. PROVISION OF HOME DIALYSIS CARE. (a) A
dialysis technician may provide home dialysis care, including
hemodialysis, only if:
(1) the care is provided under the direct supervision
of a registered nurse who is employed by the same entity that
employs the dialysis technician; and
(2) the dialysis technician has:
(A) complied with all executive commissioner
rules on training and competency for dialysis technicians; and
(B) successfully completed orientation and
skills education requirements equivalent to the requirements for a
registered or licensed vocational nurse who provides home dialysis
care.
(b) For purposes of this section, "direct supervision"
means supervision by a registered nurse who is physically present
on the premises, but not necessarily present in the room where the
dialysis services are provided, at which a dialysis technician
provides home dialysis care and is immediately available to respond
to patient needs.
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human
Services Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement
Section 251.033, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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