Bill Text: TX HB823 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to an expedited on-site health inspection process for assisted living facility license applicants.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Passed) 2019-06-02 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB823 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB823-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 823

AN ACT
relating to an expedited on-site health inspection process for
assisted living facility license applicants.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 247.0211, Health and
Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 247.0211. EXPEDITED [LIFE SAFETY CODE] INSPECTION.
SECTION 2. Section 247.0211(a), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules to
implement an expedited inspection process that allows an applicant
for an assisted living facility license or for a renewal of a
license to obtain:
(1) a life safety code and physical plant inspection
not later than the 15th day after the date the request is made; or
(2) an on-site health inspection not later than the
21st day after the date the request is made.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 823 was passed by the House on April
30, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 823 was passed by the Senate on May
19, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor