84R24498 JSC-D
 
  By: Naishtat H.B. No. 2588
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2588:
 
  By:  Raymond C.S.H.B. No. 2588
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to disclosures by nursing facilities and assisted living
  facilities regarding certification or classification to provide
  specialized care, treatment, or personal care services to residents
  with Alzheimer's disease or related disorders; adding requirements
  for an occupational license.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 242.202(d), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (d)  The disclosure statement must contain the following
  categories of information:
               (1)  the institution's philosophy of care;
               (2)  whether the institution is certified under Section
  242.040 for the provision of specialized care and treatment of
  residents with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders;
               (3)  the preadmission, admission, and discharge
  process;
               (4) [(3)]  resident assessment, care planning, and
  implementation of the care plan;
               (5) [(4)]  staffing patterns, such as
  resident-to-staff ratios, and staff training;
               (6) [(5)]  the physical environment of the
  institution;
               (7) [(6)]  resident activities;
               (8) [(7)]  program costs;
               (9) [(8)]  systems for evaluation of the institution's
  programs for residents;
               (10) [(9)]  family involvement in resident care; and
               (11) [(10)]  the toll-free telephone number maintained
  by the department for acceptance of complaints against the
  institution.
         SECTION 2.  Section 247.026, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
         (c-1)  The executive commissioner shall require each
  assisted living facility to include in the facility's consumer
  disclosure statement whether the facility holds a license
  classified under Section 247.029 for the provision of personal care
  services to residents with Alzheimer's disease or related
  disorders.
         SECTION 3.  The executive commissioner of the Health and
  Human Services Commission, as soon as practicable after the
  effective date of this Act, shall adopt any necessary rules
  prescribing the form of the disclosures under Sections 242.202 and
  247.026, Health and Safety Code, as amended by this Act.
         SECTION 4.  The change in law made by this Act applies to
  disclosures provided on or after January 1, 2016.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.