87R3405 MCF-D
 
  By: Miles S.B. No. 502
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to registration of certain establishments providing
  assisted living services.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  The heading to Subtitle B, Title 4, Health and
  Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
  SUBTITLE B. LICENSING AND REGULATION OF HEALTH FACILITIES
         SECTION 2.  The heading to Chapter 247, Health and Safety
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 247. ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES AND SIMILAR ASSISTED
  LIVING SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS
         SECTION 3.  Subchapter D, Chapter 247, Health and Safety
  Code, is amended by adding Section 247.072 to read as follows:
         Sec. 247.072.  REGISTRATION OF ASSISTED LIVING SERVICE
  ESTABLISHMENTS. (a)  In this section, "assisted living service
  establishment" means an establishment that:
               (1)  furnishes, in one or more facilities, food and
  shelter to three or fewer persons who are unrelated to the
  proprietor of the establishment;
               (2)  provides:
                     (A)  personal care services; or
                     (B)  administration of medication by a person
  licensed or otherwise authorized in this state to administer the
  medication;
               (3)  may provide assistance with or supervision of the
  administration of medication; and
               (4)  may provide skilled nursing services for the
  following limited purposes:
                     (A)  coordination of resident care with outside
  home and community support services agencies and other health care
  professionals;
                     (B)  provision or delegation of personal care
  services and medication administration as described by Subdivision
  (2);
                     (C)  assessment of residents to determine the care
  required; and
                     (D)  for periods of time as established by
  commission rule, delivery of temporary skilled nursing treatment
  for a minor illness, injury, or emergency.
         (b)  A person may not establish or operate an assisted living
  service establishment unless the person registers the
  establishment with the commission and complies with commission
  rules related to the establishment.
         (c)  The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary
  to protect the public health and safety and to implement this
  section.
         (d)  A person who violates this section and rules adopted
  under this section is subject to the enforcement provisions of
  Subchapter C.
         SECTION 4.  Not later than December 1, 2021, the executive
  commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall
  adopt any rules necessary to implement Section 247.072, Health and
  Safety Code, as added by this Act.
         SECTION 5.  Notwithstanding Section 247.072, Health and
  Safety Code, as added by this Act, a person is not required to
  register an establishment to which that section applies until
  January 1, 2022.
         SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.