HBA-MPM S.B. 1100 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisS.B. 1100
By: Moncrief
Higher Education
5/8/2001
Engrossed



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Many nursing homes currently lack programs that develop best practices
based on industry research and internally developed models of practice
across all disciplines.  Senate Bill 1100 establishes two long-term care
pilot centers affiliated with the University of North Texas Health Science
Center at Fort Worth and the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
to focus on the advancement of quality in long-term care.  

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

ANALYSIS

Senate Bill 1100 amends the Education Code to require the governing board
of the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth and
the governing board of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center to
establish at each respective health science center a pilot center for the
advancement of quality in long-term care to identify opportunities for
research, education, and outreach programs to improve the quality of care
in long-term care facilities, and to implement and evaluate those programs.
The bill sets forth the duties required of each pilot center and requires
each pilot center to establish a multidisciplinary leadership team to
coordinate activities.  The governing boards establishing the pilot centers
are required to provide the legislature a joint written report by December
1, 2002 on the activities conducted by the pilot centers. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

On passage, or if the Act does not receive the necessary vote, the Act
takes effect September 1, 2001.