Amend SB 1055 (House Committee Report) by inserting the 
following SECTION and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Subchapter D, Chapter 247, Health and Safety 
Code, is amended by adding Section 247.069 to read as follows:
	Sec. 247.069.  CONSUMER CHOICE FOR ASSISTED LIVING IN 
COMMUNITY CARE PROGRAMS.  The community based alternatives program 
and the residential care programs, which provide an assisted living 
option to consumers, shall provide a consumer the opportunity to 
choose an assisted living facility that meets the department's 
licensing standards relating to facility construction without 
regard to the number of units in the facility, if:
		(1)  consumers are advised of all other community care 
options; and  
		(2)  the facility:                                                     
			(A)  has never been licensed by the department as 
anything other than an assisted living facility;
			(B)  is not physically connected to a skilled 
nursing facility;     
			(C)  was constructed before September 1, 2005; and                    
			(D)  otherwise meets all other community care 
program standards.