83R3615 AED-D
By: Kolkhorst H.B. No. 913
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to licensing and regulation of certain facilities
providing personal care to persons who are elderly or disabled.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 260.002, Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 260.002. EXEMPTIONS. This chapter does not apply to:
(1) a person that is required to be licensed under
Chapter 142, 242, 246, 247, or 252;
(2) [a person that is exempt from licensing under
Section 142.003(a)(19), 242.003(3), or 247.004(4);
[(3)] a hotel as defined by Section 156.001, Tax Code;
(3) [(4)] a retirement community;
(4) [(5)] a monastery or convent;
(5) [(6)] a child-care facility as defined by Section
42.002, Human Resources Code;
(6) [(7)] a family violence shelter center as defined
by Section 51.002, Human Resources Code; or
(7) [(8)] a sorority or fraternity house or other
dormitory associated with an institution of higher education.
SECTION 2. Notwithstanding Sections 260.004 and 260.005,
Health and Safety Code, a person that is exempt from licensing under
Section 142.003(a)(19), 242.003(3), or 247.004(4), Health and
Safety Code, and that operates a boarding home facility on the
effective date of this Act in a county or municipality that requires
a person to obtain a permit to operate the facility in the county or
municipality is not required to obtain that permit until January 1,
2014.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.