By: Uresti S.B. No. 870
 
 
 
   
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the definition of "institution" in the law regulating
convalescent and nursing homes.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Subdivision (6), Section 242.002, Health and
Safety Code, as amended by Section 2, Chapter 693, Acts of the 75th
Legislature, Regular Session, 1997, and as renumbered as
Subdivision (10), Section 242.002, Health and Safety Code, by
Section 1.02, Chapter 1159, Acts of the 75th Legislature, Regular
Session, 1997, is reenacted as Subdivision (10), Section 242.002,
Health and Safety Code, and amended to read as follows:
             (10)  "Institution" means an establishment that:
                   (A)  furnishes, in one or more facilities, food
and shelter to four or more persons who are unrelated to the
proprietor of the establishment; and
                   (B)  provides minor treatment under the direction
and supervision of a physician licensed by the Texas Medical Board
[State Board of Medical Examiners], or other services that meet
some need beyond the basic provision of food, shelter, and laundry.
       SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.