Texas 2017 85th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1682 Introduced / Bill

Filed 03/09/2017

                    85R11949 DMS-D
 By: Lucio S.B. No. 1682


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to a building used as a prescribed pediatric extended care
 center.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 248A.152(c), Health and Safety Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (c)  A center's building must be suitable for use as a
 prescribed pediatric extended care center and must provide a
 minimum of 60 square feet of space for each child, exclusive of a
 space that is:
 (1)  a kitchen;
 (2)  a bathroom;
 (3)  a storage area;
 (4)  a stairway; and
 (5)  an unfinished basement or attic [The maximum
 patient capacity at a center may not exceed 60].
 SECTION 2.  Section 248A.152(c), Health and Safety Code, as
 amended by this Act, does not apply to a prescribed pediatric
 extended care center that has a maximum patient capacity of 60 or
 fewer patients and that was operating immediately before the
 effective date of this Act.
 SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.