S.B. No. 795
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to regulation of nurse aides.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 250, Health and Safety Code, is amended
  by adding Section 250.0035 to read as follows:
         Sec. 250.0035.  TRAINING REQUIREMENTS; CONTINUING
  EDUCATION. (a)  To be listed on the nurse aide registry, an
  applicant must complete a training program approved by the
  Department of Aging and Disability Services that includes:
               (1)  not less than 100 hours of course work as specified
  by rule; and
               (2)  a competency evaluation on completion of the
  training program.
         (b)  A listing on the nurse aide registry expires on the
  second anniversary of the date of the listing.
         (c)  To renew a nurse aide's 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 rules as necessary to implement
  this section.
         SECTION 2.  (a)  The executive commissioner of the Health
  and Human Services Commission shall adopt the rules necessary to
  implement Section 250.0035, Health and Safety Code, as added by
  this Act, not later than May 1, 2013.
         (b)  Section 250.0035, Health and Safety Code, as added by
  this Act, applies only to an application for initial listing on the
  nurse aide registry or for renewal of a listing on the registry
  filed on or after September 1, 2013. An application filed before
  that date is governed by the law in effect immediately before the
  effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in
  effect for that purpose.
         (c)  A person listed as a nurse aide on the nurse aide
  registry under Chapter 250, Health and Safety Code, before
  September 1, 2013, is entitled to continue to be included on the
  nurse aide registry without fulfilling any additional educational
  training or evaluation requirements established by the executive
  commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission under
  Subsection (a), Section 250.0035, Health and Safety Code, as added
  by this Act, if the person satisfies the other qualifications
  required by the executive commissioner and Chapter 250, Health and
  Safety Code.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 795 passed the Senate on
  April 7, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 795 passed the House on
  May 20, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 148, Nays 1, one
  present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor