86R21346 EAS-F
By: Hinojosa H.B. No. 3193
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3193:
By: Noble C.S.H.B. No. 3193
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the licensing of a home and community support services
agency; increasing fees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 142.006(b), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) A license issued under this chapter expires three [two]
years after the date of issuance. The executive commissioner by
rule may adopt a system under which licenses expire on various dates
during the three-year [two-year] period. For the year in which a
license expiration date is changed, the department shall prorate
the license fee on a monthly basis. Each license holder shall pay
only that portion of the license fee allocable to the number of
months for which the license is valid. A license holder shall pay
the total license renewal fee at the time of renewal. The
department may issue an initial license for a shorter term to
conform expiration dates for a locality or an applicant. The
department may issue a temporary license to an applicant for an
initial license.
SECTION 2. Section 142.010(a), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The executive commissioner by rule shall set license
fees for home and community support services agencies in amounts
that are reasonable to meet the costs of administering this
chapter, except that the fees may not be less than $600 or more than
$2,625 [$2,000] for a license to provide home health, hospice,
habilitation, or personal assistance services.
SECTION 3. 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 the
changes in law made by this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.