Bill Text: TX HB1922 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to emergency power sources in nursing facilities and assisted living facilities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-16 - Left pending in committee [HB1922 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1922-Introduced.html
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By: Thierry | H.B. No. 1922 |
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relating to emergency power sources in nursing facilities and | ||
assisted living facilities. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 242, Health and Safety | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 242.053 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 242.053. EMERGENCY POWER SOURCE REQUIRED. Each | ||
nursing facility licensed under this chapter shall ensure the | ||
facility is equipped with an emergency power source. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 247, Health and Safety | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 247.072 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 247.072. EMERGENCY POWER SOURCE REQUIRED. Each | ||
assisted living facility licensed under this chapter shall ensure | ||
the facility is equipped with an emergency power source. | ||
SECTION 3. (a) As soon as practicable after the effective | ||
date of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement | ||
Sections 242.053 and 247.072, Health and Safety Code, as added by | ||
this Act. | ||
(b) Notwithstanding Sections 242.053 and 247.072, Health | ||
and Safety Code, as added by this Act, a nursing facility or | ||
assisted living facility, as applicable, is not required to comply | ||
with those sections until December 1, 2019. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |