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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to admitting certain residents to nursing homes or related |
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institutions. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 242, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 242.054 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 242.054. RESTRICTION ON ADMITTING REGISTERED SEX |
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OFFENDERS. (a) Before an institution admits a potential resident |
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to the institution, the institution shall determine whether the |
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person is required to register under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure, by using the Internet website maintained by the |
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Department of Public Safety that contains the sex offender |
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database. |
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(b) An institution may not admit a potential resident who is |
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required to register as a sex offender under Chapter 62, Code of |
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Criminal Procedure, unless the institution meets the requirements |
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established by the executive commissioner of the Health and Human |
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Services Commission under Subsection (c). |
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(c) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules governing |
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institutions that may admit a resident who is a person required to |
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register as a sex offender under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure. The rules must require an institution to provide a |
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separate and secure facility for those residents. |
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(d) The Health and Human Services Commission shall |
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establish an institution that meets the requirements of Subsection |
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(c) for the purpose of admitting residents that are required to |
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register as sex offenders under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |