Bill Text: TX HB3961 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to required posting of information regarding the office of the state long-term care ombudsman on certain long-term care facilities' Internet websites.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-15 - Effective on 1/1/22 [HB3961 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3961-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to required posting of information regarding the office of the state long-term care ombudsman on certain long-term care facilities' Internet websites.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-15 - Effective on 1/1/22 [HB3961 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3961-Introduced.html
87R11984 SRA-D | ||
By: Spiller | H.B. No. 3961 |
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relating to required posting of information regarding the office of | ||
the state long-term care ombudsman on certain long-term care | ||
facilities' Internet websites. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 4, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by adding Chapter 260C to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 260C. POSTING OF OFFICE OF STATE LONG-TERM CARE OMBUDSMAN | ||
INFORMATION BY CERTAIN FACILITIES | ||
Sec. 260C.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "long-term | ||
care facility" means: | ||
(1) a nursing facility licensed under Chapter 242; | ||
(2) an assisted living facility licensed under Chapter | ||
247; or | ||
(3) any other facility under the jurisdiction of the | ||
state long-term care ombudsman established under Subchapter F, | ||
Chapter 101A, Human Resources Code. | ||
Sec. 260C.002. POSTING OF OFFICE OF STATE LONG-TERM CARE | ||
OMBUDSMAN INFORMATION ON INTERNET WEBSITE. A long-term care | ||
facility shall post on the facility's Internet website information | ||
about the office of the state long-term care ombudsman established | ||
under Subchapter F, Chapter 101A, Human Resources Code, including | ||
information regarding the office's: | ||
(1) role in regulating the facility; and | ||
(2) contact information. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |