HB2324 - Relating to minimum staffing standards for assisted living facilities that provide care to persons with Alzheimer's disease or related disorders.

  89R10002 KRM-D     By: Campos H.B. No. 2324       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to minimum staffing standards for assisted living   facilities that provide care to persons with Alzheimer's disease or   related disorders.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 247.029(b), Health and Safety Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (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   on:                 (1)  scientific evidence; and                 (2)     consideration of the increased need for   supervision of residents with Alzheimer's disease or related   disorders.          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.