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].