By: Uresti S.B. No. 870

(In the Senate - Filed February 23, 2007; March 7, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human Services; April 2, 2007, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 2, 2007, sent to printer.)

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 870 By: Uresti

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.

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