By: Johnson of Dallas, Patterson, Lalani,	H.B. No. 1100
	Shaheen

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the regulation of certain senior retirement
	communities.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Title 8, Property Code, is amended by adding
	Chapter 95 to read as follows:
	CHAPTER 95.  SENIOR RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES
	Sec. 95.001.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
	(1)  "Common amenity" means an amenity or service
	offered or provided to residents of a multiunit residential
	property, including:
	(A)  concierge services;
	(B)  a library;
	(C)  common dining services;
	(D)  housekeeping services; and
	(E)  full-time security.
	(2)  "Resident" means an individual who resides in a
	senior retirement community as a unit owner or tenant.
	(3)  "Senior retirement community" means a residential
	community or a portion of a residential community:
	(A)  described by Section 301.043;
	(B)  that contains not fewer than 20 residential
	units in one or more multiunit buildings that are available to rent
	or lease; and
	(C)  that provides common amenities.
	(4)  "Senior retirement community contract" means a
	contract with a resident of a senior retirement community for
	providing a common amenity to the resident.
	(5)  "Unit" means a physical portion of a residential
	property designated for separate ownership or occupancy.
	Sec. 95.002.  EXEMPTIONS. This chapter does not apply to:
	(1)  a health care institution as defined by Section
	74.001, Civil Practice and Remedies Code;
	(2)  a boarding home facility as defined by Section
	260.001, Health and Safety Code, that holds a permit issued under
	Chapter 260, Health and Safety Code;
	(3)  a supportive housing facility for elderly
	individuals operated under Section 202, the National Housing Act
	(12 U.S.C. Section 1701q);
	(4)  a center for independent living as defined by
	Section 702 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C.
	Section 796a); or
	(5)  any other facility that is regulated by the Health
	and Human Services Commission or in accordance with rules adopted
	by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
	Sec. 95.003.  REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO RESIDENT SAFETY FROM
	CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. (a)  A senior retirement community shall:
	(1)  conduct for each retirement community employee a
	criminal history record check using the computerized criminal
	history system maintained by the Department of Public Safety of the
	State of Texas;
	(2)  disclose in the senior retirement community
	contract whether the retirement community requires each business
	that will provide services at the retirement community to conduct a
	criminal history record check of each of the business's employees
	who will provide services at the retirement community; and
	(3)  maintain a resident safety and communications
	policy regarding criminal activity that poses a risk to residents,
	which must require the retirement community to send to each
	resident and post in a conspicuous manner at a location on the
	retirement community premises where the retirement community posts
	other community notices a written notice containing information on:
	(A)  known reports of potential criminal activity
	made to law enforcement from or at the retirement community not
	later than two business days after the date the report is made or
	activity occurs; and
	(B)  known instances of trespassing at the
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