By: Seliger S.B. No. 2273
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain reporting duties of the attorney general and
the Department of Aging and Disability Service.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsections (a) and (c), Section 242.005, Health
and Safety Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) The department [and the attorney general each] shall
prepare annually a full report of the operation and administration
of the department's [their respective] responsibilities under this
chapter, including recommendations and suggestions considered
advisable.
(c) The department [and the attorney general] shall submit
the required report [reports] to the governor and the legislature
not later than January 31 [October 1] of each year.
SECTION 2. Subsections (a) and (c), Section 247.050, Health
and Safety Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) The executive commissioner of the Health and Human
Services Commission [board] shall adopt procedures to monitor the
status of unlicensed assisted living facilities. As part of these
procedures, the department shall:
(1) maintain a registry of all reported unlicensed
assisted living facilities for the purpose of periodic follow-up by
the field staff in each region; and
(2) prepare an annual [a quarterly] report that shows
the number of:
(A) complaints relating to unlicensed assisted
living facilities that are received;
(B) complaints that are investigated;
(C) unsubstantiated complaints;
(D) substantiated complaints; and
(E) cases referred to the attorney general.
(c) The department [and the attorney general] shall file a
copy of the annual report [quarterly reports] required by this
section with the substantive committees of each house of the
legislature with jurisdiction over regulation of assisted living
facilities.
SECTION 3. Subsection (c), Section 61.0815, Education Code,
is amended to read as follows:
(c) The [attorney general and the] president of each
institution of higher education shall collect all necessary data
for inclusion in the report required by this section.
SECTION 4. The following provisions are repealed:
(1) Section 2107.005, Government Code;
(2) Subsection (b), Section 247.050, Health and Safety
Code; and
(3) Section 240.903, Local Government Code.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.