Bill Text: TX HB2151 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to emergency generators or other power sources in nursing facilities and assisted living facilities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-15 - Referred to Human Services [HB2151 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2151-Introduced.html
| By: Thierry | H.B. No. 2151 | |
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| relating to emergency generators or other 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 GENERATOR OR OTHER POWER SOURCE. | ||
| Each nursing facility licensed under this chapter shall ensure the | ||
| facility is equipped with an operational emergency generator or | ||
| comparable emergency power source and a sufficient amount of fuel | ||
| to operate the generator or power source and maintain the air | ||
| temperature in the facility at not more than 81 degrees Fahrenheit | ||
| for a minimum of 72 hours during a power outage. | ||
| 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 GENERATOR OR OTHER POWER SOURCE. | ||
| Each assisted living facility licensed under this chapter shall | ||
| ensure the facility is equipped with an operational emergency | ||
| generator or comparable emergency power source and a sufficient | ||
| amount of fuel to operate the generator or power source and maintain | ||
| the air temperature in the facility at not more than 81 degrees | ||
| Fahrenheit for a minimum of 72 hours during a power outage. | ||
| 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 March 1, 2022. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
