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| 1 | 1 | 81R2525 UM-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 40 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to surveys of certain premises at which home and | |
| 8 | 8 | community-based services providers provide services. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 161, Human Resources Code, | |
| 11 | 11 | is amended by adding Section 161.076 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 161.076. ON-SITE SURVEYS OF CERTAIN PROVIDERS. At | |
| 13 | 13 | least every 12 months, the department shall conduct an on-site | |
| 14 | 14 | survey in each group or foster home at which a home and | |
| 15 | 15 | community-based services provider provides services. The | |
| 16 | 16 | department shall conduct the survey in a manner consistent with | |
| 17 | 17 | surveys conducted by the department under Section 142.009, Health | |
| 18 | 18 | and Safety Code. | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act | |
| 20 | 20 | a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a | |
| 21 | 21 | federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, | |
| 22 | 22 | the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or | |
| 23 | 23 | authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the | |
| 24 | 24 | waiver or authorization is granted. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |