Bill Text: TX HB1848 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to prevention of communicable diseases in certain long-term care facilities.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB1848 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1848-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 1848 | ||
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| relating to prevention of communicable diseases in certain | ||
| long-term care facilities. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 81.003, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended by amending Subdivision (4-a) and adding Subdivision (4-b) | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (4-a) "Long-term care facility" means a facility | ||
| licensed or regulated under Chapter 242, 247, or 252. | ||
| (4-b) "Peace officer" has the meaning assigned by | ||
| Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure. The term includes a | ||
| sheriff or constable. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 81, Health and Safety | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Sections 81.014 and 81.015 to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| Sec. 81.014. LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY INFECTION PREVENTION | ||
| AND CONTROL PROGRAM. Each long-term care facility's infection | ||
| prevention and control program must include: | ||
| (1) monitoring of key infectious agents, | ||
| including multidrug-resistant organisms; and | ||
| (2) procedures for making rapid influenza diagnostic | ||
| tests available to facility residents. | ||
| Sec. 81.015. ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP REGIONAL ADVISORY | ||
| COMMITTEES. (a) The department shall establish a regional | ||
| advisory committee in each public health region designated under | ||
| Section 121.007 to address antimicrobial stewardship in long-term | ||
| care facilities and to improve antimicrobial stewardship through | ||
| collaborative action. | ||
| (b) A regional advisory committee established under this | ||
| section must include: | ||
| (1) physicians; | ||
| (2) directors of nursing or equivalent consultants | ||
| with long-term care facilities; | ||
| (3) public health officials knowledgeable about | ||
| antimicrobial stewardship; and | ||
| (4) other interested parties. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 1848 was passed by the House on May 2, | ||
| 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 3, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 1848 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
