Amend CSSB 204 (house committee report), on page 25, between lines 15 and 16, by inserting the following:
Sec. 555.2025. TRACKING MORTALITY OF FORMER RESIDENTS OF STATE SUPPORTED LIVING CENTERS. (a) Following the closure of a state supported living center under legislation described by Section 555.202(a) or under Section 555.203 and for a period adopted as provided by Subsection (b), the department periodically shall assess the health of each former resident of that center for the purpose of tracking mortality information for those individuals. The department shall maintain and make available on request a record that indicates the number of former residents of each state supported living center that have died since that center closed.
(b) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this section, including a rule specifying the period of time, which may not be shorter than five years, during which the department is required to record mortality information for each former resident of a state supported living center, as described by Subsection (a), following the closure of that center under legislation described by Section 555.202(a) or under Section 555.203.