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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an annual boarding home facility report for certain |
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counties and municipalities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 260, Health and Safety Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 260.0105 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 260.0105. COUNTY AND MUNICIPALITY REPORTING |
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REQUIREMENTS. (a) Not later than September 30 of each year, each |
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county or municipality that regulates boarding home facilities, |
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including a county or municipality that requires a person to obtain |
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a permit to operate a boarding home facility as authorized by |
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Section 260.004, shall submit to the commission in the form and |
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manner the commission requires a written report that includes: |
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(1) the county's or municipality's standards or |
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ordinances applicable to boarding home facilities in effect on the |
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date the report is submitted; |
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(2) any policies or procedures the county or |
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municipality requires to consider a resident's or prospective |
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resident's reasonable accommodation request; |
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(3) during the preceding year, the total number of: |
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(A) reasonable accommodation requests received, |
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approved, and rejected, including the reason a request was |
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rejected; |
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(B) complaints or actions brought against a |
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boarding home facility located in the county or municipality |
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related to a violation of federal or state fair housing laws; and |
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(C) boarding home facility closures, including |
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the reason a facility closed and the accommodations provided to the |
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facility's former residents; |
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(4) information on any activities the county or |
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municipality performs to support the operators of boarding home |
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facilities in complying with applicable regulations; and |
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(5) a summary of complaints the county or municipality |
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receives against boarding home facilities located in the county or |
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municipality. |
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(b) Each county or municipality shall report to the |
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commission any updates made to the standards or ordinances |
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described by Subsection (a)(1) after the report is submitted under |
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that subsection. A county or municipality shall report the updates |
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in the form and manner the commission requires. |
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(c) The executive commissioner may adopt rules as necessary |
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to implement this section. |
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SECTION 2. Notwithstanding Section 260.0105, Health and |
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Safety Code, as added by this Act, a county or municipality is not |
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required to submit a report required by that section until |
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September 30, 2026. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |