Bill Text: TX HB284 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to disclosure requirements of certain facilities that provide care for persons with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-15 - Left pending in committee [HB284 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB284-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to disclosure requirements of certain facilities that provide care for persons with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-15 - Left pending in committee [HB284 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB284-Introduced.html
86R1821 JG-D | ||
By: Perez | H.B. No. 284 |
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relating to disclosure requirements of certain facilities that | ||
provide care for persons with Alzheimer's disease and related | ||
disorders. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 242, Health and Safety | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 242.0405 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 242.0405. NOTICE OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED | ||
DISORDERS CERTIFICATION. (a) A nursing facility shall prepare a | ||
written notice disclosing whether the facility is certified or is | ||
not certified under Section 242.040 for the provision of | ||
specialized care and treatment of residents with Alzheimer's | ||
disease and related disorders. | ||
(b) The nursing facility shall provide the notice described | ||
by Subsection (a) to: | ||
(1) each resident of the facility; | ||
(2) each person applying for services from the | ||
facility or the person's next of kin or guardian; and | ||
(3) any person requesting the information. | ||
(c) A nursing facility shall keep a record of each person to | ||
whom notice is provided under Subsection (b). | ||
SECTION 2. Section 242.042, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
(a-1) In addition to the information displayed under | ||
Subsection (a), each institution shall prominently and | ||
conspicuously post for display in a public area of the institution | ||
that is readily available to residents, employees, and visitors a | ||
written notice described by Section 242.0405. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 242.202(d), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(d) The disclosure statement must contain the following | ||
categories of information: | ||
(1) the institution's philosophy of care; | ||
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resident-to-staff ratios, and staff training; | ||
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by the department for acceptance of complaints against the | ||
institution. | ||
SECTION 4. Subchapter B, Chapter 247, Health and Safety | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 247.0295 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 247.0295. NOTICE OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE OR RELATED | ||
DISORDERS LICENSE CLASSIFICATION. (a) An assisted living facility | ||
shall prepare a written notice disclosing whether the facility | ||
holds a license or does not hold a license classified under Section | ||
247.029 for the provision of personal care services to residents | ||
with Alzheimer's disease or related disorders. | ||
(b) The assisted living facility shall provide the written | ||
notice described by Subsection (a) to: | ||
(1) each resident of the facility; | ||
(2) each person applying for services from the | ||
facility or the person's next of kin or guardian; and | ||
(3) any person requesting the information. | ||
(c) An assisted living facility shall keep a record of each | ||
person to whom notice is provided under Subsection (b). | ||
(d) An assisted living facility shall prominently and | ||
conspicuously post for display in a public area of the facility that | ||
is readily available to residents, employees, and visitors a | ||
written notice described by Subsection (a). | ||
SECTION 5. Section 247.026(c-1), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
repealed. | ||
SECTION 6. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission shall adopt rules to implement the changes in | ||
law made by this Act. | ||
SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |