Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 121.003 · Chapter 121. REFERRAL AGENCIES FOR SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITIES
REFERRAL AGENCY PROHIBITED CONDUCT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A referral agency may not:
(1) refer a consumer to a senior living community in which the referral agency has an ownership, management, or financial interest;
(2) hold a power of attorney for a consumer or hold a consumer's property in any capacity;
(3) knowingly refer a consumer to a senior living community that is unlicensed and is not exempt from licensing under applicable law;
(4) collect a referral fee when a consumer transfers from one property of a senior living community to another property of the same senior living community unless the consumer has engaged the referral agency to help facilitate the consumer's transfer to another property and the referral agency provided the consumer more than one referral; or
(5) collect a referral fee after the expiration of the referral according to the contract between the referral agency and the senior living community.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 497 (S.B. 1383), Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2025.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.121.htm
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