By: Raymond, Guillen (Senate Sponsor - Paxton) H.B. No. 2867
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2021;
May 10, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Health &
Human Services; May 20, 2021, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 20, 2021, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of a temporary license for an assisted
living facility that has a change in ownership.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 247.021, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (h) and adding Subsection (i) 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 [of a facility].
(i) The commission may issue a temporary license under
Subsection (h) without conducting an inspection of the facility if
the commission determines an inspection is not necessary.
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, but not later than January 1, 2022, the executive
commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall
adopt rules necessary to implement this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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