81R9628 ALB-F
By: Nichols S.B. No. 1172
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to on-site surveys of home and community support services
agencies.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 142.009(j), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(j) Except as provided by Subsections (h) and (l), the
department shall conduct an initial on-site survey not later than
the first anniversary of the date the department issues an initial
license [must be conducted within 18 months after a survey for an
initial license]. After the initial survey [that time], the
department shall conduct an on-site survey [must be conducted] at
least every 36 months.
SECTION 2. Section 142.009(j), Health and Safety Code, as
amended by this Act, applies to an initial survey required to be
conducted by the Department of Aging and Disability Services on or
after the effective date of this Act. A survey required to be
conducted before the effective date of this Act is governed by the
law in effect at the time the survey is conducted, and the former
law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.