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| 1 | 1 | 87R5398 EAS-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Campos H.B. No. 1223 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to minimum standards for staffing at assisted living | |
| 8 | 8 | facilities that provide care to persons with Alzheimer's disease or | |
| 9 | 9 | related disorders. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Section 247.029(b), Health and Safety Code, is | |
| 12 | 12 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | (b) The executive commissioner shall adopt minimum | |
| 14 | 14 | standards for an assisted living facility classified under this | |
| 15 | 15 | section. The minimum standards must require the facility to | |
| 16 | 16 | maintain an adequate ratio of direct care staff to residents based | |
| 17 | 17 | on: | |
| 18 | 18 | (1) scientific evidence; and | |
| 19 | 19 | (2) consideration of the increased need for | |
| 20 | 20 | supervision of residents with Alzheimer's disease or related | |
| 21 | 21 | disorders. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | |
| 23 | 23 | of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human | |
| 24 | 24 | Services Commission shall adopt the minimum standards necessary to | |
| 25 | 25 | implement the change in law made by this Act. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |