HBA-MPM H.B. 3264 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 3264
By: Williams
Human Services
4/11/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Current law ensures that assisted living facilities in Texas deliver
quality care. The Assisted Living Facility Licensing Act establishes
minimum acceptable levels of care and provides that a violation of the
minimum acceptable level of care is a violation of law.  However, certain
facilities are exempt from the provisions of the Assisted Living Facility
Licensing Act, including certain boarding facilities, religious facilities,
and facilities that provide personal care services to persons enrolled in a
program that is funded and monitored by the Texas Department of Mental
Health and Mental Retardation.  House Bill 3264 exempts from the Assisted
Living Facility Licensing Act a tax-exempt facility that provides
residential services, vocational training, and personal care services to
developmentally disabled adults, that serves as an educational and/or
research site for an institution of higher education, and that is otherwise
in compliance with local safety, sanitation, and quarantine laws. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

ANALYSIS

House Bill 3264 amends the Health and Safety Code to provide that the
Assisted Living Facility Licensing Act does not apply to a facility that
provides residential services, vocational training, and personal care
services only to developmentally disabled adults, that serves as an
educational and/or research site for one or more institutions of higher
education and that is a tax-exempt organization under federal law, if the
facility complies with local safety, sanitation, and quarantine ordinances
and regulations. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.