Bill Text: TX HB3961 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub

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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-Comm_Sub.html

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87R16916 SRA-D
By: Spiller, Frank, et al. H.B. No. 3961
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3961:
By: Neave C.S.H.B. No. 3961

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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 as an advocate for residents of long-term
care facilities; and
(2) contact information.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.