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By: Davis of Dallas, Clardy, Ramos |
H.B. No. 823 |
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(Senate Sponsor - Johnson) |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 30, 2019; |
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May 1, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Health & |
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Human Services; May 16, 2019, reported favorably by the following |
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vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 16, 2019, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an expedited on-site health inspection process for |
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assisted living facility license applicants. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Section 247.0211, Health and |
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Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 247.0211. EXPEDITED [LIFE SAFETY CODE] INSPECTION. |
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SECTION 2. Section 247.0211(a), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules to |
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implement an expedited inspection process that allows an applicant |
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for an assisted living facility license or for a renewal of a |
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license to obtain: |
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(1) a life safety code and physical plant inspection |
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not later than the 15th day after the date the request is made; or |
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(2) an on-site health inspection not later than the |
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21st day after the date the request is made. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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