By: Nelson S.B. No. 944
(Kolkhorst)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to criminal history record checks for certain employees of
facilities licensed by the Department of State Health Services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subdivision (3), Section 250.001, Health and
Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
(3) "Facility" means:
(A) a nursing home, custodial care home, or other
institution licensed by the Department of Aging and Disability
Services under Chapter 242;
(B) an assisted living facility licensed by the
Department of Aging and Disability Services under Chapter 247;
(C) a home and community support services agency
licensed under Chapter 142;
(D) an adult day care facility licensed by the
Department of Aging and Disability Services under Chapter 103,
Human Resources Code;
(E) a facility for persons with mental
retardation licensed under Chapter 252;
(F) an adult foster care provider that contracts
with the Department of Aging and Disability Services;
(G) a facility that provides mental health
services and that is operated by or contracts with the Department of
State Health Services;
(H) a local mental health or mental retardation
authority designated under Section 533.035;
(I) a person exempt from licensing under Section
142.003(a)(19); [or]
(J) a special care facility licensed by the
Department of State Health Services under Chapter 248; or
(K) a mental health service unit of a hospital
licensed under Chapter 241.
SECTION 2. 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, 2013.