H.B. No. 3193
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 commission [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 commission [department] may issue an initial license
for a shorter term to conform expiration dates for a locality or an
applicant. The commission [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.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3193 was passed by the House on May
10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to
H.B. No. 3193 on May 23, 2019, and requested the appointment of a
conference committee to consider the differences between the two
houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report
on H.B. No. 3193 on May 26, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 146,
Nays 0, 1 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3193 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference
committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and
that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No.
3193 on May 26, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor