Bill Text: TX HB1223 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to minimum standards for staffing at assisted living facilities that provide care to persons with Alzheimer's disease or related disorders.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-04 - Referred to Human Services [HB1223 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1223-Introduced.html
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By: Campos | H.B. No. 1223 |
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relating to minimum standards for staffing at assisted living | ||
facilities that provide care to persons with Alzheimer's disease or | ||
related disorders. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 247.029(b), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) The executive commissioner shall adopt minimum | ||
standards for an assisted living facility classified under this | ||
section. The minimum standards must require the facility to | ||
maintain an adequate ratio of direct care staff to residents based | ||
on: | ||
(1) scientific evidence; and | ||
(2) consideration of the increased need for | ||
supervision of residents with Alzheimer's disease or related | ||
disorders. | ||
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission shall adopt the minimum standards necessary to | ||
implement the change in law made by this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |