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AN ACT
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relating to requiring posting of certain information regarding  | 
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nursing homes and related institutions on the Department of Aging  | 
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and Disability Services website. | 
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       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
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       SECTION 1.  Section 242.042, Health and Safety Code, is  | 
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amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | 
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       (e)  The department shall post detailed compliance  | 
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information regarding each institution licensed by the department,  | 
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including the information an institution is required to make  | 
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accessible by Subsection (c), on the department's website.  The  | 
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department shall update the website once a month to provide the most  | 
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current compliance information regarding each institution. | 
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       SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. | 
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   President of the Senate | 
Speaker of the House      | 
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       I certify that H.B. No. 1081 was passed by the House on April  | 
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2, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 1, 1 present, not  | 
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voting. | 
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Chief Clerk of the House    | 
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       I certify that H.B. No. 1081 was passed by the Senate on May  | 
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12, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0. | 
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Secretary of the Senate     | 
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                 Governor        |