H.B. No. 3200




AN ACT

relating to certain standards for assisted living facilities.                 
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 247.026(d), Health and Safety Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(d)  The board may prescribe different levels of minimum 
standards for assisted living facilities according to the number of 
residents, the type of residents, the level of personal care 
provided, the nutritional needs of residents, and other 
distinctions the board considers relevant.  If the board does not 
prescribe minimum standards for facilities serving non-geriatric 
residents, it must develop procedures for consideration and 
approval of alternate methods of compliance by such facilities with 
the board's standards.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                           




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   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 3200 was passed by the House on May 
10, 2003, by a non-record vote.

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                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 3200 was passed by the Senate on May 
28, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



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                 Governor