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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to emergency power sources in nursing facilities and |
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assisted living facilities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 242, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 242.053 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 242.053. EMERGENCY POWER SOURCE REQUIRED. Each |
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nursing facility licensed under this chapter shall ensure the |
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facility is equipped with an emergency power source. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 247, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 247.072 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 247.072. EMERGENCY POWER SOURCE REQUIRED. Each |
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assisted living facility licensed under this chapter shall ensure |
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the facility is equipped with an emergency power source. |
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SECTION 3. (a) As soon as practicable after the effective |
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date of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human |
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Services Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement |
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Sections 242.053 and 247.072, Health and Safety Code, as added by |
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this Act. |
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(b) Notwithstanding Sections 242.053 and 247.072, Health |
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and Safety Code, as added by this Act, a nursing facility or |
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assisted living facility, as applicable, is not required to comply |
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with those sections until December 1, 2019. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |