| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2017; March 22, 2017, read |
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| 3 | + | first time and referred to Committee on Health & Human Services; |
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| 4 | + | May 1, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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| 5 | + | Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 1, 2017, sent |
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| 6 | + | to printer.) |
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| 7 | + | COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1682 By: Watson |
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| 4 | 10 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 11 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 12 | | relating to a building used as a prescribed pediatric extended care |
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| 7 | 13 | | center. |
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| 8 | 14 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 15 | | SECTION 1. Section 248A.152, Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 10 | 16 | | amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (d) to |
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| 11 | 17 | | read as follows: |
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| 12 | 18 | | (c) A center's building must be suitable for use as a |
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| 13 | 19 | | prescribed pediatric extended care center and must provide a |
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| 14 | 20 | | minimum of 60 square feet of space for each child, exclusive of a |
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| 15 | 21 | | space that is: |
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| 16 | 22 | | (1) a kitchen; |
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| 17 | 23 | | (2) a bathroom; |
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| 18 | 24 | | (3) a storage area; |
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| 19 | 25 | | (4) a stairway; and |
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| 20 | 26 | | (5) an unfinished basement or attic. |
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| 21 | 27 | | (d) The maximum patient capacity at a center may not exceed |
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| 22 | 28 | | 100 [60]. |
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| 23 | 29 | | SECTION 2. Section 248A.152(c), Health and Safety Code, as |
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| 24 | 30 | | amended by this Act, does not apply to a prescribed pediatric |
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| 25 | 31 | | extended care center that has a maximum patient capacity of 60 or |
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| 26 | 32 | | fewer patients and that was operating immediately before the |
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| 27 | 33 | | effective date of this Act. |
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| 28 | 34 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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