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| 2 | 2 | | By: Sanford H.J.R. No. 110 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A JOINT RESOLUTION |
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| 6 | 6 | | proposing a constitutional amendment establishing a right for |
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| 7 | 7 | | residents of certain long-term care facilities to designate an |
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| 8 | 8 | | essential caregiver who is provided meaningful access to the |
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| 9 | 9 | | resident during public health emergencies. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Article I, Texas Constitution, is amended by |
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| 12 | 12 | | adding Section 35 to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 35. (a) Each nursing facility, assisted living |
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| 14 | 14 | | facility, intermediate care facility, and state supported living |
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| 15 | 15 | | center, as those terms are defined by general law, shall develop and |
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| 16 | 16 | | implement policies and procedures to allow each resident of the |
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| 17 | 17 | | facility or center to designate at least one essential caregiver |
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| 18 | 18 | | who is provided meaningful access to the resident, including |
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| 19 | 19 | | in-person visitation, during a public health emergency declared |
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| 20 | 20 | | under general law. |
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| 21 | 21 | | (b) The legislature by general law may prescribe guidelines |
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| 22 | 22 | | for a facility or center described by Subsection (a) of this section |
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| 23 | 23 | | to follow in establishing essential caregiver visitation policies |
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| 24 | 24 | | and procedures. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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| 26 | 26 | | submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 2021. |
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| 27 | 27 | | The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the |
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| 28 | 28 | | proposition: "The constitutional amendment establishing a right |
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| 29 | 29 | | for residents of certain long-term care facilities to designate an |
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| 30 | 30 | | essential caregiver who is provided meaningful access to the |
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| 31 | 31 | | resident during public health emergencies." |
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