| 1 | 1 | | 89R7856 LRM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Miles, Hancock S.B. No. 2919 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to power duration requirements in emergency contingency |
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| 10 | 10 | | plans adopted by end stage renal disease facilities. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 251.017(b), Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (b) Unless the facility adopts a plan described by |
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| 15 | 15 | | Subsection (d) or (e), an end stage renal disease facility must |
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| 16 | 16 | | adopt an emergency contingency plan as required by Subsection (a) |
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| 17 | 17 | | under which the facility is required: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (1) to have an on-site emergency generator that: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (A) has a type 2 essential electrical |
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| 20 | 20 | | distribution system in accordance with the National Fire Protection |
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| 21 | 21 | | Association 99, Section 4.5, and the National Fire Protection |
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| 22 | 22 | | Association 110; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (B) is installed, tested, and maintained in |
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| 24 | 24 | | accordance with the National Fire Protection Association 99, |
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| 25 | 25 | | Section 4.5.4, and the National Fire Protection Association 110; |
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| 26 | 26 | | and |
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| 27 | 27 | | (C) is kept at all times not less than 10 feet |
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| 28 | 28 | | from the electrical transformer; |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2) except as provided by Subsection (c), to maintain: |
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| 30 | 30 | | (A) an on-site fuel source with sufficient [that |
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| 31 | 31 | | contains enough] fuel capacity to power the on-site generator for |
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| 32 | 32 | | not less than 72 [24] hours, as determined by the electrical load |
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| 33 | 33 | | demand on the emergency generator for that period; or |
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| 34 | 34 | | (B) an on-site battery-powered generator with |
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| 35 | 35 | | sufficient electrical capacity to power the facility for not less |
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| 36 | 36 | | than 72 hours; |
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| 37 | 37 | | (3) to maintain a sufficient quantity of potable water |
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| 38 | 38 | | on-site to operate the facility's water treatment system for not |
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| 39 | 39 | | less than 24 hours; and |
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| 40 | 40 | | (4) to maintain a water valve connection that allows |
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| 41 | 41 | | an outside vendor to provide potable water to operate the |
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| 42 | 42 | | facility's water treatment system. |
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| 43 | 43 | | SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2025, each end stage |
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| 44 | 44 | | renal disease facility shall modify the facility's emergency |
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| 45 | 45 | | contingency plan as necessary to comply with Section 251.017(b), |
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| 46 | 46 | | Health and Safety Code, as amended by this Act. |
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| 47 | 47 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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