86R9885 EAS-F
By: Thierry H.B. No. 1922
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to emergency power sources in nursing facilities and
assisted living facilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 242, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 242.053 to read as follows:
Sec. 242.053. EMERGENCY POWER SOURCE REQUIRED. Each
nursing facility licensed under this chapter shall ensure the
facility is equipped with an emergency power source.
SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 247, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 247.072 to read as follows:
Sec. 247.072. EMERGENCY POWER SOURCE REQUIRED. Each
assisted living facility licensed under this chapter shall ensure
the facility is equipped with an emergency power source.
SECTION 3. (a) As soon as practicable after the effective
date of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human
Services Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement
Sections 242.053 and 247.072, Health and Safety Code, as added by
this Act.
(b) Notwithstanding Sections 242.053 and 247.072, Health
and Safety Code, as added by this Act, a nursing facility or
assisted living facility, as applicable, is not required to comply
with those sections until December 1, 2019.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.