By Maxey                                              H.B. No. 3556
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 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.