79R5186 UM-F


By:  Davis of Harris                                              H.B. No. 1503



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the additional exit conference required following 
inspection, survey, or investigation of certain facilities.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Sections 242.0445(b) and (c), Health and Safety 
Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(b)  At the conclusion of an inspection, survey, or 
investigation under Section 242.043 or 242.044, the department or 
the department's representative conducting the inspection, survey, 
or investigation shall discuss the violations with the facility's 
management in an exit conference.  The department or the 
department's representative shall leave a written list of the 
violations with the facility at the time of the exit conference.  If 
the department or the department's representative discovers any 
additional violations during the review of field notes or 
preparation of the official final list, the department or the 
department's representative shall give the facility an additional 
exit conference regarding the additional violations. An additional 
exit conference must be held in person and may not be held over the 
telephone, by email, or by fax.
	(c)  The facility shall submit a plan to correct the 
violations to the regional director not later than the 10th working 
day after the date the facility receives the final official
statement of violations.
	SECTION 2.  Section 247.0271, Health and Safety Code, is 
amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (d) to 
read as follows:
	(c)  If, after the initial exit conference, additional 
violations are cited, the inspector shall conduct an additional 
exit conference regarding the newly identified violations.  An 
additional exit conference must be held in person and may not be 
held over the telephone, by email, or by fax.
	(d)  The assisted living facility shall submit a plan of 
correction to the regional director with supervisory authority over 
the inspector not later than the 10th working day after the date the 
facility receives the final official statement of violations.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.