Bill Text: TX HB3961 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
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-Enrolled.html
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 providing care to residents who | ||
are assisted by 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) Except as provided | ||
by Subsection (b), 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: | ||
(1) information regarding the office's role as an | ||
advocate for residents of long-term care facilities; and | ||
(2) the office's statewide toll-free telephone number. | ||
(b) A long-term care facility: | ||
(1) may comply with this section by posting the | ||
required information on the Internet website of the facility's | ||
parent company if the facility does not maintain a unique Internet | ||
website; and | ||
(2) is not required to comply with this section if the | ||
facility and any parent company do not maintain an Internet | ||
website. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2022. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 3961 was passed by the House on April | ||
28, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 1, 1 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 3961 on May 28, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, | ||
1 present, not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 3961 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 20, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays | ||
1. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |