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AN ACT
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relating to laboratory tests measuring kidney function. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 42.002, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subdivisions (3) and (4) to read as follows: |
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(3) "Serum creatinine test" is a diagnostic test of a |
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person's blood that measures the level of creatinine present in the |
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blood. |
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(4) "Estimated glomerular filtration rate" is a |
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calculation of a person's kidney function based on: |
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(A) the person's age, race, and gender; and |
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(B) the results of the person's serum creatinine |
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test. |
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SECTION 2. Chapter 42, Health and Safety Code, is amended by |
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adding Section 42.0047 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 42.0047. ESTIMATED GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE |
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REPORTING. (a) A laboratory that performs a serum creatinine test |
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on a sample from a person 18 years of age or older shall also |
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calculate and include in the reported results the person's |
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estimated glomerular filtration rate or the results of an |
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alternative equivalent calculation measuring kidney function if |
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the laboratory receives along with the sample all relevant clinical |
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information about the person necessary to calculate the person's |
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estimated glomerular filtration rate or perform an alternative |
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equivalent calculation. A physician requesting a serum creatinine |
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test shall provide to the laboratory all relevant clinical |
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information about the person necessary to calculate the person's |
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estimated glomerular filtration rate or perform an alternative |
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equivalent calculation unless the physician determines that the |
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calculation is unnecessary. |
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(b) The requirements under Subsection (a) do not apply to: |
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(1) a laboratory that uses equipment to perform serum |
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creatinine tests that cannot be reprogrammed to calculate the |
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estimated glomerular filtration rate or perform an alternative |
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equivalent calculation measuring kidney function; or |
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(2) a laboratory performing a serum creatinine test on |
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a sample taken from a patient who is being treated in a hospital. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a serum creatinine test performed on or after the effective date |
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of this Act. A serum creatinine test performed before the effective |
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date of this Act is covered by the law in effect immediately before |
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that date, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2330 was passed by the House on April |
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9, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to |
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H.B. No. 2330 on May 23, 2009, and requested the appointment of a |
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conference committee to consider the differences between the two |
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houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report |
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on H.B. No. 2330 on May 31, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 142, |
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Nays 0, 1 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2330 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 21, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference |
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committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and |
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that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No. |
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2330 on May 31, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |