Bill Text: TX HB823 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to an expedited on-site health inspection process for assisted living facility license applicants.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-02 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB823 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB823-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 823 | ||
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| relating to an expedited on-site health inspection process for | ||
| assisted living facility license applicants. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. The heading to Section 247.0211, Health and | ||
| Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 247.0211. EXPEDITED [ |
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| SECTION 2. Section 247.0211(a), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules to | ||
| implement an expedited inspection process that allows an applicant | ||
| for an assisted living facility license or for a renewal of a | ||
| license to obtain: | ||
| (1) a life safety code and physical plant inspection | ||
| not later than the 15th day after the date the request is made; or | ||
| (2) an on-site health inspection not later than the | ||
| 21st day after the date the request is made. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 823 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 30, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 823 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 19, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
