86R13588 JG-F
By: Buckingham S.B. No. 1406
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the services provided by assisted living facilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 247.002(1), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(1) "Assisted living facility" means an establishment
that:
(A) furnishes, in one or more facilities, food
and shelter to four or more persons who are unrelated to the
proprietor of the establishment;
(B) provides:
(i) personal care services; or
(ii) administration of medication by a
person licensed or otherwise authorized in this state to administer
the medication;
(C) may provide assistance with or supervision of
the administration of medication; [and]
(D) may provide skilled nursing services for the
following limited purposes:
(i) coordination of resident care with
outside home and community support services agencies and other
health care professionals;
(ii) provision or delegation of personal
care services and medication administration as described by this
subdivision;
(iii) assessment of residents to determine
the care required; and
(iv) for periods of time as established by
department rule, delivery of temporary skilled nursing treatment
for a minor illness, injury, or emergency; and
(E) may provide health maintenance activities as
defined by rule by the Texas Board of Nursing.
SECTION 2. Section 247.025, Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 247.025. ADOPTION OF RULES. (a) The executive
commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to implement this chapter,
including requirements for the issuance, renewal, denial,
suspension, and revocation of a license to operate an assisted
living facility.
(b) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules
distinguishing and providing guidelines on the scope of services
that an assisted living facility may provide under this chapter.
SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act:
(1) the Texas Board of Nursing shall adopt the rules
necessary to implement Section 247.002(1), Health and Safety Code,
as amended by this Act; and
(2) the executive commissioner of the Health and Human
Services Commission shall adopt the rules required by Section
247.025, Health and Safety Code, as amended by this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.