2005S0519-1  03/09/05


By:  Carona                                                       S.B. No. 1586


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a waiver of requirements for community-based assisted 
living services for certain elderly residents.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 533, Health and Safety 
Code, is amended by adding Section 533.0435 to read as follows:
	Sec. 533.0435.  WAIVER OF REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMUNITY 
HOUSING.  An elderly resident who qualifies for the assisted living 
conversion grant program under Section 202b, Housing Act of 1959 
(12 U.S.C. Section 1701q-2), may be admitted directly to a facility 
operating under that program to allow the resident to receive 
program services while living in the resident's existing community.
	SECTION 2.  The Department of Aging and Disability Services 
shall adopt rules required by Section 533.0435, Health and Safety 
Code, as added by this Act, as soon as practicable after the 
effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.