83R17457 AED-F
 
  By: J. Davis of Harris H.B. No. 1971
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1971:
 
  By:  Raymond C.S.H.B. No. 1971
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a pilot program conducted by the Department of Aging and
  Disability Services to authorize certain accreditation surveys of
  assisted living facilities.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 247, Health and Safety
  Code, is amended by adding Section 247.033 to read as follows:
         Sec. 247.033.  ACCREDITATION SURVEY PILOT PROGRAM. (a) The
  department may develop and implement a pilot program to authorize
  the use of an accreditation survey that complies with Section
  247.032(b) to fulfill the requirements for a life and safety code
  survey or inspection or another survey or inspection required by
  this subchapter.  If the department implements the pilot program,
  the department may implement the pilot program with the goal that
  not later than August 31, 2014, at least one assisted living
  facility will have used an accreditation survey for the purposes of
  this section.  The accreditation commission's standards must meet
  or exceed the assisted living facility licensing requirements
  established by the executive commissioner of the Health and Human
  Services Commission as required by Section 247.032(b)(1).
         (b)  This section expires September 1, 2015.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.