85R24079 DMS-F     By: Bell, Wu 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, Human Resources Code, is amended   by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (b-1) and (b-2)   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.          (b-1)  The training required under Subsection (b) 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.          (b-2)  The department may waive the requirement imposed   under Subsection (b-1) for a surveyor who has completed in the two   years preceding the inspection, survey, or investigation one year   of full-time employment in a nursing facility in this state as a:                (1)  nursing facility administrator;                (2)  licensed vocational nurse;                (3)  registered nurse; or                (4)  social worker.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.