Bill Text: TX HB284 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed

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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-Engrossed.html

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86R16032 JG-D
By: Perez, Buckley H.B. No. 284

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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; and
(2) each person applying for services from the
facility or the person's next of kin or guardian.
SECTION 2. 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;
(2) [whether the institution is certified under
Section 242.040 for the provision of specialized care and treatment
of residents with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders;
[(3)] the preadmission, admission, and discharge
process;
(3) [(4)] resident assessment, care planning, and
implementation of the care plan;
(4) [(5)] staffing patterns, such as
resident-to-staff ratios, and staff training;
(5) [(6)] the physical environment of the
institution;
(6) [(7)] resident activities;
(7) [(8)] program costs;
(8) [(9)] systems for evaluation of the institution's
programs for residents;
(9) [(10)] family involvement in resident care; and
(10) [(11)] the toll-free telephone number maintained
by the department for acceptance of complaints against the
institution.
SECTION 3. 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. An assisted living facility
shall provide to each resident of the facility 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.
SECTION 4. Section 247.026(c-1), Health and Safety Code, is
repealed.
SECTION 5. 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 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.