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

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

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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.