82R10567 YDB-D
By: Zerwas H.B. No. 3299
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to services provided by a health care professional at an
assisted living facility.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 247.002(1), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(1) "Assisted living facility" means an establishment
that:
(A) furnishes, in one or more facilities, food
and shelter to four or more persons who are unrelated to the
proprietor of the establishment;
(B) provides:
(i) personal care services; or
(ii) administration of medication by a
person licensed or otherwise authorized in this state to administer
the medication; [and]
(C) may provide assistance with or supervision of
the administration of medication; and
(D) may provide skilled nursing services for a
limited duration or to facilitate the provision of hospice
services.
SECTION 2. Section 247.067(b), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) Unless otherwise prohibited by law, a [A] health care
professional may be employed by an assisted living facility to
provide at the facility to the facility's residents services that
are authorized by this chapter and within the professional's scope
of practice [to a resident of an assisted living facility at the
facility]. This subsection does not authorize a facility to
provide ongoing services comparable to the services available in an
institution licensed under Chapter 242. A health care professional
providing services under this subsection shall maintain medical
records of those services in accordance with the licensing,
certification, or other regulatory standards applicable to the
health care professional under law.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.