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                                                                  S.B. No. 48 




AN ACT

relating to reporting requirements for convalescent and nursing 
homes and related institutions.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 242.403, Health and Safety Code, is 
amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to 
read as follows:
	(b)  The department may require an institution to submit 
information to the department, including Minimum Data Set Resident 
Assessments, necessary to ensure the quality of care in 
institutions.  Information submitted to the department that 
identifies a resident of an institution is confidential and not 
subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
	(c)  The department may adopt standards in addition to those 
required by Subsection (a) to implement Sections 242.401 and 
242.402.
	SECTION 2.  Section 32.028, Human Resources Code, is amended 
by adding Subsection (n) to read as follows:
	(n)  The commission shall ensure that rules governing the 
determination of rates paid for nursing home services provide for 
the reporting of all revenue and costs, without regard to whether a 
cost is an allowable cost for reimbursement under the medical 
assistance program, except:
		(1)  as provided by Subsection (h); and                                
		(2)  a penalty imposed under this chapter or Chapter 
242, Health and Safety Code.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.                           





______________________________    ______________________________
President of the Senate             Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 48 passed the Senate on 
March 17, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that 
the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 23, 2005, by a 
viva-voce vote.




______________________________ 
   Secretary of the Senate             
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 48 passed the House, with 
amendment, on May 17, 2005, by a non-record vote.




______________________________ 
   Chief Clerk of the House            



Approved:


______________________________ 
            Date



______________________________ 
          Governor