1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the life safety code standards for assisted living
1-3 facilities for supervision of medication and general welfare.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 247.030(b), Health and Safety Code, is
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 (b) The board shall adopt minimum standards for an assisted
1-8 living facility classified under this section, including standards
1-9 imposing adequate requirements relating to medication supervision.
1-10 The board shall modify accessibility and life safety code standards
1-11 generally applicable to a facility licensed under this chapter as
1-12 necessary for a facility classified under this section to reflect
1-13 the level of services provided by the facility. The modified
1-14 standards must be specifically defined by the board and must
1-15 provide for two-story buildings. Two-story buildings must meet all
1-16 life safety code requirements in regards to protecting vertical
1-17 openings, as specified in the 1988 edition of the National Fire
1-18 Protection Association (NFPA) 101, Section 21-2.3.1.
1-19 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
_______________________________ _______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3556 was passed by the House on April
20, 2001, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3556 was passed by the Senate on May
10, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________________
Date
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Governor