Enrolled Bill Summary

Senate Bill 691 amends the Health and Safety Code to establish the assisted living facility trust fund, which the Texas Department of Human Services may use to make emergency assistance funds available to an assisted living facility without legislative appropriation. The bill specifies that an assisted living facility may only use the emergency funds to alleviate an immediate threat to the health or safety of the residents or by court order.

The bill establishes criteria for the administration for the fund, including a requirement that the department adopt an annual fee, to be charged to assisted living facilities, if the trust fund balance falls below $500,000. The bill sets out notification requirements when a second or subsequent assessment is made in any single year.