Bill Text: TX SB1449 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to an alternative method of satisfying certain licensing requirements for chemical dependency treatment facilities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [SB1449 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-SB1449-Enrolled.html

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S.B. No. 1449

AN ACT
relating to an alternative method of satisfying certain licensing
requirements for chemical dependency treatment facilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 464.005, Health and
Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
(b) The Department of State Health Services [commission]
may require an inspection before renewing a license, unless the
applicant submits an accreditation review from the Commission on
Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, the Joint Commission,
or another national accreditation organization recognized by the
department in accordance with Section 464.0055.
SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 464, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 464.0055 to read as follows:
Sec. 464.0055. ACCREDITATION REVIEW TO SATISFY INSPECTION
REQUIREMENTS. (a) In this section:
(1) "Accreditation commission" means the Commission
on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, the Joint
Commission, or another national accreditation organization
recognized by the Department of State Health Services.
(2) "Department" means the Department of State Health
Services.
(b) The department shall accept an accreditation review
from an accreditation commission for a treatment facility instead
of an inspection by the department for renewal of a license under
Section 464.005, but only if:
(1) the treatment facility is accredited by the
Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, the
Joint Commission, or another national accreditation organization
recognized by the department;
(2) the accreditation commission maintains and
updates an inspection or review program that, for each treatment
facility, meets the department's applicable minimum standards;
(3) the accreditation commission conducts a regular
on-site inspection or review of the treatment facility according to
the accreditation commission's guidelines; and
(4) the treatment facility submits to the department a
copy of its most recent accreditation review from the accreditation
commission in addition to the application, fee, and any report or
other document required for renewal of a license.
(c) This section does not limit the department in performing
any duties, investigations, or inspections authorized by this
chapter, including authority to take appropriate action relating to
a treatment facility, such as closing the treatment facility.
(d) This section does not require a treatment facility to
obtain accreditation from an accreditation commission.
SECTION 3. Section 464.005, Health and Safety Code, as
amended by this Act, and Section 464.0055, Health and Safety Code,
as added by this Act, apply only to the renewal of a license to
operate a chemical dependency treatment facility that expires on or
after the effective date of this Act. A license that expires before
that date is governed by the law in effect on the date the license
expires, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1449 passed the Senate on
May 10, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that the
Senate concurred in House amendment on May 27, 2011, by the
following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1449 passed the House, with
amendment, on May 23, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 142,
Nays 0, one present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor