TITLE: Relating to emergency generators or other power sources in end stage renal disease facilities.

SUMMARY: Relating to emergency generators or other power sources in end stage renal disease facilities.

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AN ACT relating to emergency generators or other power sources in end stage renal disease facilities. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the Esequiel Mendoza Act. SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 251, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Section 251.016 to read as follows: Sec. 251.016. EMERGENCY GENERATOR OR OTHER POWER SOURCE. Each end stage renal disease facility licensed under this chapter shall ensure the facility is equipped with an operational emergency generator or comparable emergency power source and a sufficient amount of fuel to operate the generator or power source during a power outage. SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement Section 251.016, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act. SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.