Texas 2021 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2867 Introduced / Bill

Filed 03/04/2021

                    87R9543 MCF-D
 By: Raymond H.B. No. 2867


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the issuance of a temporary license for an assisted
 living facility that has a corporate change in ownership.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 247.021(h), Health and Safety Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (h)  The commission shall [department may] automatically
 issue a temporary [provisional] license to an existing facility
 licensed under this chapter that has [in the case of] a corporate
 change of ownership in the [of a] facility.
 SECTION 2.  Not later than January 1, 2022, 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 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.