1-1     By:  Maxey (Senate Sponsor - Barrientos)              H.B. No. 3556
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2001;
 1-3     April 24, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Health
 1-4     and Human Services; May 1, 2001, reported favorably by the
 1-5     following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 1, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the life safety code standards for assisted living
 1-9     facilities for supervision of medication and general welfare.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1. Section 247.030(b), Health and Safety Code, is
1-12     amended to read as follows:
1-13           (b)  The board shall adopt minimum standards for an assisted
1-14     living facility classified under this section, including standards
1-15     imposing adequate requirements relating to medication supervision.
1-16     The board shall modify accessibility and life safety code standards
1-17     generally applicable to a facility licensed under this chapter as
1-18     necessary for a facility classified under this section to reflect
1-19     the level of services provided by the facility.  The modified
1-20     standards must be specifically defined by the board and must
1-21     provide for two story buildings. Two story buildings must meet all
1-22     life safety code requirements in regards to protecting vertical
1-23     openings, as specified in the 1988 edition of the National Fire
1-24     Protection Association (NFPA) 101, Section 21-2.3.1.
1-25           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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