Amend HB 3595 (senate committee report) in SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 247.073, Health and Safety Code, as follows:
(1) Immediately following added Subsection (b) (page 1, between lines 48 and 49), insert the following:
(b-1) An emergency preparedness and contingency operations plan adopted in accordance with this section must include strategies to:
(1) prevent resident complications from heat or cold exposure during a power outage; and
(2) respond to inquiries from residents' designated contacts during an emergency.
(2) Strike added Subsection (h) (page 2, lines 22 through 25), and substitute the following:
(h) On request of a facility resident or a resident's family member or designated contact, an assisted living facility shall provide, in a written or electronic format:
(1) a summary of the facility's emergency preparedness and contingency operations plan adopted in accordance with this section; and
(2) information regarding the type of backup power source the facility will deploy in a power outage, including:
(A) whether the backup power source is on-site or mobile;
(B) if the facility's backup power source is a mobile generator, whether the mobile generator connects to an automatic or manual switch; and
(C) the estimated number of hours the backup power source will power the facility.
(3) Strike added Subsection (j) (page 2, lines 29 through 34), and substitute the following:
(j) This section does not preempt an ordinance, resolution, rule, or other regulation adopted by a political subdivision relating to emergency preparedness and contingency operations planning for assisted living facilities during an emergency if the ordinance, resolution, rule, or other regulation is compatible with and equal to or more stringent than a requirement prescribed by this section.