Bill Text: TX SB1448 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the licensing and regulation of a home and community support services agency.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-14 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB1448 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1448-Introduced.html
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By: Johnson | S.B. No. 1448 |
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relating to the licensing and regulation of a home and community | ||
support services agency. | ||
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 142.009(j), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
repealed. | ||
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. |