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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to advertising by residential facilities; authorizing a |
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civil penalty. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 9, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Chapter 767A to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 767A. RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES |
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Sec. 767A.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "residential |
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facility" means a group home or other residential facility licensed |
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by or operated under the authority of the Health and Human Services |
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Commission, including a group home or facility licensed or operated |
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under a Medicaid waiver program authorized under Section 1915(c) of |
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the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1396n(c)), and that |
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provides community-based residential care services. |
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Sec. 767A.002. RESIDENTIAL FACILITY ADVERTISEMENT |
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REGULATIONS. (a) A residential facility shall disclose in any |
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advertisement for the facility whether the residential facility |
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offers any health care services and, if so, accurately identify the |
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health care services the facility provides. |
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(b) A residential facility that violates Subsection (a) is |
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liable for a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 for each |
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violation. |
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(c) The attorney general may bring suit to recover the civil |
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penalty authorized by Subsection (b). |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |