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.