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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to licensing and regulation of certain facilities |
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providing personal care to persons who are elderly or disabled. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 260.002, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 260.002. EXEMPTIONS. This chapter does not apply to: |
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(1) a person that is required to be licensed under |
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Chapter 142, 242, 246, 247, or 252; |
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(2) [a person that is exempt from licensing under
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Section 142.003(a)(19), 242.003(3), or 247.004(4);
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[(3)] a hotel as defined by Section 156.001, Tax Code; |
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(3) [(4)] a retirement community; |
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(4) [(5)] a monastery or convent; |
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(5) [(6)] a child-care facility as defined by Section |
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42.002, Human Resources Code; |
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(6) [(7)] a family violence shelter center as defined |
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by Section 51.002, Human Resources Code; or |
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(7) [(8)] a sorority or fraternity house or other |
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dormitory associated with an institution of higher education. |
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SECTION 2. Notwithstanding Sections 260.004 and 260.005, |
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Health and Safety Code, a person that is exempt from licensing under |
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Section 142.003(a)(19), 242.003(3), or 247.004(4), Health and |
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Safety Code, and that operates a boarding home facility on the |
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effective date of this Act in a county or municipality that requires |
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a person to obtain a permit to operate the facility in the county or |
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municipality is not required to obtain that permit until January 1, |
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2014. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |