TITLE: Relating to advertising by residential facilities; authorizing a civil penalty.

SUMMARY: Relating to advertising by residential facilities; authorizing a civil penalty.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to advertising by residential facilities; authorizing a civil penalty. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 9, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Chapter 767A to read as follows: CHAPTER 767A. RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES Sec. 767A.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "residential facility" means a group home or other residential facility licensed by or operated under the authority of the Health and Human Services Commission, including a group home or facility licensed or operated under a Medicaid waiver program authorized under Section 1915(c) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1396n(c)), and that provides community-based residential care services. Sec. 767A.002. RESIDENTIAL FACILITY ADVERTISEMENT REGULATIONS. (a) A residential facility shall disclose in any advertisement for the facility whether the residential facility offers any health care services and, if so, accurately identify the health care services the facility provides. (b) A residential facility that violates Subsection (a) is liable for a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 for each violation. (c) The attorney general may bring suit to recover the civil penalty authorized by Subsection (b). SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.