82R10567 YDB-D
 
  By: Zerwas H.B. No. 3299
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to services provided by a health care professional at an
  assisted living facility.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 247.002(1), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
               (1)  "Assisted living facility" 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;
                     (B)  provides:
                           (i)  personal care services; or
                           (ii)  administration of medication by a
  person licensed or otherwise authorized in this state to administer
  the medication; [and]
                     (C)  may provide assistance with or supervision of
  the administration of medication; and
                     (D)  may provide skilled nursing services for a
  limited duration or to facilitate the provision of hospice
  services.
         SECTION 2.  Section 247.067(b), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  Unless otherwise prohibited by law, a [A] health care
  professional may be employed by an assisted living facility to 
  provide at the facility to the facility's residents services that
  are authorized by this chapter and within the professional's scope
  of practice [to a resident of an assisted living facility at the
  facility]. This subsection does not authorize a facility to
  provide ongoing services comparable to the services available in an
  institution licensed under Chapter 242. A health care professional
  providing services under this subsection shall maintain medical
  records of those services in accordance with the licensing,
  certification, or other regulatory standards applicable to the
  health care professional under law.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.