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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the definition of "institution" in the law regulating |
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convalescent and nursing homes. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subdivision (6), Section 242.002, Health and |
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Safety Code, as amended by Section 2, Chapter 693, Acts of the 75th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 1997, and as renumbered as |
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Subdivision (10), Section 242.002, Health and Safety Code, by |
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Section 1.02, Chapter 1159, Acts of the 75th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 1997, is reenacted as Subdivision (10), Section 242.002, |
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Health and Safety Code, and amended to read as follows: |
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(10) "Institution" means: |
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(A) an establishment that: |
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(i) furnishes, in one or more facilities, |
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food and shelter to four or more persons who are unrelated to the |
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proprietor of the establishment; and |
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(ii) provides minor treatment under the |
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direction and supervision of a physician licensed by the Texas |
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Medical Board [State Board of Medical Examiners], or other services |
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that meet some need beyond the basic provision of food, shelter, and |
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laundry; or |
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(B) a foster care type residential facility that |
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provides room and board to fewer than five persons who: |
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(i) are not related within the second |
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degree of consanguinity or affinity, as determined under Chapter |
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573, Government Code, to the proprietor; and |
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(ii) because of their physical or mental |
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limitation, or both, require a level of care and services suitable |
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to their needs that contributes to their health, comfort, and |
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welfare. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |