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| 1 | 1 | 81R5669 KLA-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Homer H.B. No. 1186 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the transfer or discharge of certain residents in | |
| 8 | 8 | certain assisted living facilities. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 247, Health and Safety | |
| 11 | 11 | Code, is amended by adding Section 247.071 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 247.071. DISCHARGE OR TRANSFER OF RESIDENTS ENROLLED | |
| 13 | 13 | IN MEDICAID COMMUNITY-BASED ALTERNATIVES PROGRAM. An assisted | |
| 14 | 14 | living facility that accepts a resident who is enrolled in the | |
| 15 | 15 | Medicaid community-based alternatives program and that voluntarily | |
| 16 | 16 | ceases to accept payment from the program may not transfer or | |
| 17 | 17 | discharge the resident from the facility on the basis of the | |
| 18 | 18 | facility's voluntary withdrawal from the program if the resident is | |
| 19 | 19 | residing in the facility on the day before the date the facility | |
| 20 | 20 | ceases to accept payment from the program. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 22 | 22 | to an assisted living facility accepting payment from the Medicaid | |
| 23 | 23 | community-based alternatives program on or after the effective date | |
| 24 | 24 | of this Act. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |