AN ACT
1-1 relating to the qualification of a personal care facility as a
1-2 community home.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 123.004, Human Resources Code, is amended
1-5 to read as follows:
1-6 Sec. 123.004. QUALIFICATION AS COMMUNITY HOME. To qualify
1-7 as a community home, an entity must[: (1)] comply with Sections
1-8 123.005 through 123.008[;] and [(2)] be:
1-9 (1) a community-based residential home operated by:
1-10 (A) the Texas Department of Mental Health and
1-11 Mental Retardation;
1-12 (B) a community center organized under
1-13 Subchapter A, Chapter 534, Health and Safety Code [Section 3.01,
1-14 Texas Mental Health and Mental Retardation Act (Article 5547-203,
1-15 Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes)], that provides services to persons
1-16 with disabilities;
1-17 (C) an entity subject to the Texas Non-Profit
1-18 Corporation Act (Article 1396-1.01 et seq., Vernon's Texas Civil
1-19 Statutes); or
1-20 (D) an entity certified by the Texas Department
1-21 of Human Services as a provider under the medical assistance
1-22 program serving persons in intermediate care facilities for persons
1-23 with mental retardation; or
2-1 (2) a personal care facility licensed under Chapter
2-2 247, Health and Safety Code, provided that the exterior structure
2-3 retains compatibility with the surrounding residential dwellings.
2-4 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
2-5 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-6 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-7 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-8 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-9 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 725 passed the Senate on
April 7, 1997, by a viva-voce vote.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 725 passed the House on
May 16, 1997, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor