83R12316 SCL-F
By: Coleman H.B. No. 3729
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to licensing requirements for newly constructed assisted
living facilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 247.021(g), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(g) The department shall, upon submission of a written
request by the applicant, automatically issue a six-month
provisional license without conducting a life safety code
inspection before issuance of the license to a newly constructed
facility if:
(1) the facility is in compliance with resident care
standards;
(2) all local approvals have been obtained;
(3) a reasonably complete license application is
submitted within 30 days of receipt of all local approvals;
(4) the license fee has been paid;
(5) before beginning construction, the license
applicant submits working drawings and specifications to the
department for review; and
(6) the department determines that the license
applicant or a controlling person of the license applicant
constructed another facility in this state that complies with the
department's life safety code standards.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.