HB 2324
AN ACT relating to minimum staffing standards for assisted living
89th Regular Session
Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended
Awaiting Committee Assignment
Bill filed, pending referral to House committee
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Fiscal Note
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What This Bill Does
Requires assisted living facilities that care for Alzheimer's patients to maintain minimum staffing standards with an adequate staff-to-resident ratio, taking into account the specialized care needs of residents with cognitive impairments. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission will develop and adopt specific guidelines for these minimum staffing requirements, which will go into effect on September 1, 2025. This legislation aims to ensure better quality of care and supervision for vulnerable residents with Alzheimer's disease by mandating appropriate staffing levels in these facilities.
Subject Areas
Bill Text
relating to minimum staffing standards for assisted living facilities that provide care to persons with Alzheimer's disease or BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 247.029(b), Health and Safety Code, is (b) The executive commissioner shall adopt minimum standards for an assisted living facility classified under this section. The minimum standards must require the facility to maintain an adequate ratio of direct care staff to residents based (2) consideration of the increased need for supervision of residents with Alzheimer's disease or related SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall adopt the minimum standards necessary to implement the change in law made by this Act. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
Bill Sponsors
Legislators who authored or co-sponsored this bill.
Expert Lobbyists for This Bill
These lobbyists specialize in Aging, Nursing Homes and related subject areas.
Adnelis M. Perez Vega
PremiumBrianna M. Menard
Haley Cornyn
Allen E. Blakemore
Vera Denise Rose
Gavin L. Massingill
Casey Haney
Luis Saenz
Drew Deberry
Jennifer Shelley Rodriguez
Bill History
Bill filed: AN ACT relating to minimum staffing standards for assisted living
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