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AN ACT
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relating to the licensing of a home and community support services |
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agency; increasing fees. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 142.006(b), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) A license issued under this chapter expires three [two] |
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years after the date of issuance. The executive commissioner by |
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rule may adopt a system under which licenses expire on various dates |
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during the three-year [two-year] period. For the year in which a |
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license expiration date is changed, the commission [department] |
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shall prorate the license fee on a monthly basis. Each license |
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holder shall pay only that portion of the license fee allocable to |
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the number of months for which the license is valid. A license |
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holder shall pay the total license renewal fee at the time of |
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renewal. The commission [department] may issue an initial license |
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for a shorter term to conform expiration dates for a locality or an |
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applicant. The commission [department] may issue a temporary |
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license to an applicant for an initial license. |
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SECTION 2. Section 142.010(a), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The executive commissioner by rule shall set license |
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fees for home and community support services agencies in amounts |
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that are reasonable to meet the costs of administering this |
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chapter, except that the fees may not be less than $600 or more than |
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$2,625 [$2,000] for a license to provide home health, hospice, |
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habilitation, or personal assistance services. |
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SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human |
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Services Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement the |
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changes in law made by this Act. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3193 was passed by the House on May |
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10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to |
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H.B. No. 3193 on May 23, 2019, and requested the appointment of a |
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conference committee to consider the differences between the two |
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houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report |
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on H.B. No. 3193 on May 26, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 146, |
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Nays 0, 1 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3193 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference |
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committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and |
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that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No. |
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3193 on May 26, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |