Tex. Health & Safety Code § 247.003 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
APPLICATION OF OTHER LAW.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (c), Chapter 242 does not apply to an assisted living facility licensed under this chapter.
(b) Subchapter D, Chapter 242, applies to an assisted living facility, and the department shall administer and enforce that subchapter for an assisted living facility in the same manner it is administered and enforced for a nursing home.
(c) Except as provided by this subsection, Subchapter R, Chapter 242, applies to an assisted living facility, and the department shall administer that subchapter for an assisted living facility in the same manner it is administered and enforced for a nursing home, but shall enforce that subchapter in accordance with the sanctions authorized by this chapter. Sections 242.851 and 242.852 do not apply to an assisted living facility or to conduct within an assisted living facility.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 114, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 637, art. 2, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 233, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 160, Sec. 1, eff. May 27, 2003.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.247.htm
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Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Health and Safety Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code ch. 242CONVALESCENT AND NURSING FACILITIES AND RELATED INSTITUTIONSPrinted as Chapter 242
- Tex. Health & Safety Code ch. 242, subch. DTRUSTEES FOR NURSING OR CONVALESCENT HOMESPrinted as Subchapter D, Chapter 242
- Tex. Health & Safety Code ch. 242, subch. RELECTRONIC MONITORING OF RESIDENT'S ROOMPrinted as Subchapter R, Chapter 242
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 242.851ENFORCEMENT.Printed as Sections 242.851 and 242.852
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 242.852CRIMINAL OFFENSE.Printed as Sections 242.851 and 242.852
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