85R12170 DMS-F     By: Bell H.B. No. 3934       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to training and continuing education requirements for   certain long-term care facilities.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 22.039(b), Human Resources Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (b)  The department shall require a surveyor to complete a   basic training program before the surveyor inspects, surveys, or   investigates a long-term care facility. The training for a   surveyor who does not have previous experience working in a   long-term care facility must include observation of the operations   of a long-term care facility unrelated to the survey, inspection,   or investigation process for a minimum of 10 working days within a   14-day period.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.