H.B. No. 1681
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the construction of certain assisted living facilities
  located within a floodplain in certain counties.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 247, Health and Safety
  Code, is amended by adding Section 247.0251 to read as follows:
         Sec. 247.0251.  CONSTRUCTION IN 100-YEAR FLOODPLAIN IN
  CERTAIN COUNTIES PROHIBITED. (a) In this section, "100-year
  floodplain" means an area that is subject to inundation by a
  100-year flood, which is a flood that has a one percent or greater
  chance of occurring in any given year, as determined from maps or
  other data from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or, if not
  mapped by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, from the United
  States Department of Agriculture soil maps.
         (b)  In a county with a population of 3.3 million or more, the
  executive commissioner by rule shall prohibit the construction of a
  new assisted living facility licensed under this chapter within a
  100-year floodplain.
         (c)  The prohibition on new construction under this section
  does not apply to expansions or renovations of existing assisted
  living facilities.
         SECTION 2.  Section 247.0251, Health and Safety Code, as
  added by this Act, applies only to the construction of a new
  assisted living facility that begins on or after the effective date
  of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1681 was passed by the House on May 5,
  2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 130, Nays 15, 2 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 1681 on May 28, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 114, Nays 33,
  1 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1681 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 25, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 29, Nays
  2.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor