Amend CSSB 527 by adding the following appropriately numbered
SECTION to the bill and renumbering existing SECTIONS of the bill
appropriately:
      SECTION ____. Section 247.004, Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
      Sec. 247.004.  EXEMPTIONS. This chapter does not apply to:
            (1)  a boarding facility that has rooms for rent and
that may offer community meals, light housework, meal preparation,
transportation, grocery shopping, money management, or laundry
services but that does not provide personal care services;
            (2)  an establishment conducted by or for the adherents
of the Church of Christ, Scientist, for the purpose of providing
facilities for the care or treatment of the sick who depend
exclusively on prayer or spiritual means for healing without the
use of any drug or material remedy if the establishment complies
with local safety, sanitary, and quarantine ordinances and
regulations;
            (3)  a facility conducted by or for the adherents of a
qualified religious society classified as a tax-exempt organization
under an Internal Revenue Service group exemption ruling for the
purpose of providing personal care services without charge solely
for the society's professed members or ministers in retirement, if
the facility complies with local safety, sanitation, and quarantine
ordinances and regulations; <or>
            (4)  a facility that provides personal care services
only to persons enrolled in a program that is funded in whole or in
part by the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental
Retardation and that is monitored by the Texas Department of Mental
Health and Mental Retardation or its designated local authority in
accordance with standards set by the Texas Department of Mental
Health and Mental Retardation; or
            (5)  a facility that complies with local safety,
sanitation, and quarantine ordinances and regulations and:
                  (A)  provides residential services, vocational
training, and personal care services only to developmentally
disabled adults;
                  (B)  serves as an educational or research
facility for one or more institutions of higher education; and
                  (C)  is owned or operated by an organization that
is  exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(a) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 by being listed as an exempt
organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the code.