Bill Text: TX HB149 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to a study to evaluate state and local regulation of group homes.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-26 - Placed on intent calendar [HB149 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB149-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to a study to evaluate state and local regulation of group homes.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-26 - Placed on intent calendar [HB149 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB149-Comm_Sub.html
87R3352 MCF-F | ||
By: Reynolds, Shaheen | H.B. No. 149 |
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relating to a study to evaluate state and local regulation of group | ||
homes. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. (a) The Health and Human Services Commission | ||
shall conduct a study on state and local regulation of group homes. | ||
(b) The study must: | ||
(1) identify and evaluate state laws relating to the | ||
regulation of group homes, including: | ||
(A) an assisted living facility, as defined by | ||
Section 247.002, Health and Safety Code; | ||
(B) a boarding home facility, as defined by | ||
Section 260.001, Health and Safety Code; and | ||
(C) a community home, described by Chapter 123, | ||
Human Resources Code; | ||
(2) analyze the procedures for filing complaints | ||
against group homes and make recommendations to expedite complaint | ||
processes; | ||
(3) analyze complaints filed against group homes in | ||
the preceding 10 years; | ||
(4) analyze the enforcement authority over group homes | ||
granted to state and local governmental agencies, including the | ||
authority of counties and municipalities to enforce boarding home | ||
regulations; | ||
(5) recommend whether additional state and local | ||
governmental enforcement authority over group homes is needed; | ||
(6) recommend processes to expedite the licensing of | ||
and regulatory procedures for group homes; | ||
(7) determine whether new categories of group homes | ||
should be licensed or regulated by state or local governmental | ||
agencies; | ||
(8) discuss and recommend methods for identifying | ||
unlicensed group homes; and | ||
(9) evaluate whether Section 260.011, Health and | ||
Safety Code, which prohibits a county or municipality from | ||
excluding boarding home facilities from residential areas by zoning | ||
and similar regulations, prevents certain counties and | ||
municipalities from regulating boarding home facilities. | ||
(c) Not later than December 1, 2022, the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission shall prepare a written or electronic report | ||
that includes a summary of the results of the study conducted under | ||
this section and any legislative recommendations based on the study | ||
and submit the report to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker | ||
of the house of representatives, and members of the standing | ||
committees of the senate and the house of representatives with | ||
jurisdiction over the Health and Human Services Commission. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |