87R17816 MCF-D
 
  By: Raymond, Guillen H.B. No. 2867
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the issuance of a temporary license for an assisted
  living facility that has a change in ownership.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 247.021, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended by amending Subsection (h) and adding Subsection (i) to
  read as follows:
         (h)  The commission shall [department may] automatically
  issue a temporary [provisional] license to an existing facility
  licensed under this chapter that has [in the case of] a [corporate]
  change of ownership [of a facility].
         (i)  The commission may issue a temporary license under
  Subsection (h) without conducting an inspection of the facility if
  the commission determines an inspection is not necessary.
         SECTION 2.  As soon as practicable after the effective date
  of this Act, but not later than January 1, 2022, the executive
  commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall
  adopt rules necessary to implement this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.