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House Bill 4696 |
House Author: Noble |
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Effective: 9-1-23 |
Senate Sponsor: Miles et al. |
House Bill 4696 amends the Family Code, Health and Safety Code, and Human Resources Code to transfer from the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) to the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) functions relating to the intake of reports of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of an individual receiving services in certain long‑term care settings and to make changes clarifying HHSC's duty to investigate such reports. In addition, the bill does the following:
· allows for electronic reporting of abuse, neglect, or exploitation in an applicable facility;
· provides HHSC more time to notify a state supported living center of a report of abuse or neglect of a child receiving services in the center;
· makes the performance of an on‑site survey of a licensed home and community support services agency within the first 18 months of its initial license discretionary;
· clarifies the list of facilities whose employees are subject to the employee misconduct registry; and
· revises the timeline for HHSC to take action on a complaint against a facility under the Day Activity and Health Services Act.