Bill Text: TX HB3193 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to the licensing of a home and community support services agency; increasing fees.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-2)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB3193 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3193-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to the licensing of a home and community support services agency; increasing fees.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-2)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB3193 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3193-Engrossed.html
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By: Hinojosa, Raymond, Muñoz, Jr., Guillen | H.B. No. 3193 |
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relating to the licensing of a home and community support services | ||
agency; increasing fees. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 142.006(b), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) A license issued under this chapter expires three [ |
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years after the date of issuance. The executive commissioner by | ||
rule may adopt a system under which licenses expire on various dates | ||
during the three-year [ |
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license expiration date is changed, the department shall prorate | ||
the license fee on a monthly basis. Each license holder shall pay | ||
only that portion of the license fee allocable to the number of | ||
months for which the license is valid. A license holder shall pay | ||
the total license renewal fee at the time of renewal. The | ||
department may issue an initial license for a shorter term to | ||
conform expiration dates for a locality or an applicant. The | ||
department may issue a temporary license to an applicant for an | ||
initial license. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 142.010(a), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The executive commissioner by rule shall set license | ||
fees for home and community support services agencies in amounts | ||
that are reasonable to meet the costs of administering this | ||
chapter, except that the fees may not be less than $600 or more than | ||
$2,625 [ |
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habilitation, or personal assistance services. | ||
SECTION 3. 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 the | ||
changes in law made by this Act. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |