88(R) SB 611 - Introduced version - Bill Text
  88R754 JG-F
 
  By:  Johnson, Parker S.B.  No.  611
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the regulation of certain senior living facilities.
               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 LIVING FACILITIES
               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 living facility as a unit owner or tenant.
                           (3)    "Senior living contract" means a contract with a
  resident of a senior living facility for providing a common amenity
  to the resident.
                           (4)    "Senior living facility" means a residential
  facility or a portion of a residential facility that:
                                       (A)    is managed by a single entity;
                                       (B)    requires a resident to be 55 years of age or
  older;
                                       (C)    contains not fewer than 20 residential units
  in one or more multiunit buildings that are available to rent or
  lease;
                                       (D)    is located on a single lot or tract of land or
  on multiple contiguous lots or tracts of land; and
                                       (E)    provides common amenities.
                           (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 living facility shall:
                           (1)    conduct for each facility employee a criminal
  history record check using, at a minimum, the computerized criminal
  history system maintained by the Department of Public Safety of the
  State of Texas;
                           (2)    require each business that provides services to
  the facility to conduct for each employee of the business who will
  have access to the facility's premises or residents a criminal
  history record check using, at a minimum, the computerized criminal
  history system maintained by the Department of Public Safety of the
  State of Texas; and
                           (3)    report all instances of criminal activity that
  occur at the facility to a law enforcement officer, including, if

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