83R21251 SCL-D
 
  By: Coleman H.B. No. 3729
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to licensing requirements for newly constructed assisted
  living facilities.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 247.021(g), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (g)  The department shall, upon submission of a written
  request by the applicant, automatically issue a six-month 
  provisional license without conducting a life safety code
  inspection before issuance of the provisional license to a newly
  constructed facility if:
               (1)  the license applicant has submitted building plans
  to the department for an early compliance review in accordance with
  Section 247.0261 [facility is in compliance with resident care
  standards];
               (2)  all local approvals, including a certificate of
  occupancy where required, have been obtained;
               (3)  a complete license application form is submitted
  within 30 days of receipt of all local approvals;
               (4)  the license fee has been paid;
               (5)  [before beginning construction, the license
  applicant submits working drawings and specifications to the
  department for review; and
               [(6)]  the department determines that the license
  applicant or a person who owns the license applicant and controls
  the operations of the license applicant constructed another
  facility in this state that complies with the department's life
  safety code standards; and
               (6)  the facility is in compliance with resident care
  standards based on an on-site health inspection.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.