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	Amend SB 1318 (house committee printing) by adding the 
following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and 
renumbering existing SECTIONS accordingly:
	SECTION ____. Section 247.069, Health and Safety Code, is 
amended 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].