Tex. Health & Safety Code § 246.0215 · Subchapter B. CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY
APPLICABILITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
This chapter does not apply to an admission or residence agreement offered by a residential community that charges an entrance fee if:
(1) residents of the residential community pay for available assisted living services and nursing home care on a fee-for-service basis;
(2) fees for available assisted living services and nursing home care are the same for a prospective resident as a current resident of the living unit; and
(3) the admission or residence agreement includes the following statement or a substantially equivalent statement in type that is boldfaced, capitalized, underlined, or otherwise set out from the surrounding written material so as to be conspicuous:
"A continuing care contract provides priority, guaranteed, or discounted access to progressive levels of health care services. ____________ (Name of community or facility) is not a licensed continuing care facility and does not hold a certificate of authority from the Texas Department of Insurance. This agreement is not a continuing care contract and is exempt from the requirements of Chapter 246, Health and Safety Code."
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 836 (S.B. 1522), Sec. 4, eff. January 1, 2026.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.246.htm
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