| TO: | Honorable Jane Nelson, Chair, Senate Committee on Health & Human Services |
| FROM: | Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | SB1842 by Deuell (Relating to rules for restraint and seclusion procedures at certain facilities.), As Introduced |
The bill would amend the restraint and seclusion procedures applicable to certain facility types as contained in Chapter 322 of the Health and Safety Code to include the requirement that a registered nurse conduct a face-to-face evaluation of a facility resident within one hour after the use of restraint and seclusion.
The requirement would apply to a child-care institution including a state-operated facility, an intermediate care facility licensed or operated by the Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS), a mental hospital or mental health facility including a facility operated by the Department of State Health Services (DSHS), a convalescent or nursing home, an assisted living facility, and a treatment facility including a public or private hospital or mental health center.
DADS, DSHS, the Department of Family and Protective Services, The University of Texas System, and The Texas A&M University System assume any cost to implement provisions of the bill would be minimal and can be absorbed within existing resources.
| Source Agencies: | 530 Family and Protective Services, Department of, 537 State Health Services, Department of, 539 Aging and Disability Services, Department of, 710 Texas A&M University System Administrative and General Offices, 720 The University of Texas System Administration
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| LBB Staff: | UP, CL, LL, VJC, KKR
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