Texas Health and Safety Code
§ 242.020 — CIVIL LIABILITY RELATED TO MISAPPROPRIATION OF RESIDENT'S FUNDS
HS § 242.020Title 4. HEALTH FACILITIES · Part B. LICENSING OF HEALTH FACILITIES · Ch. 242. CONVALESCENT AND NURSING FACILITIES AND RELATED INSTITUTIONS · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Statute text
View on source(a)In this section:
(1)"Misappropriate" means the taking, secretion, misapplication, deprivation, transfer, or attempted transfer to any person not entitled to receive any real or personal property or anything of value belonging to or under the legal control of a resident without the effective consent of the resident or other appropriate legal authority.
(2)"Responsible payor" means a person who:
(A)has legal access to the resident's income or resources available to pay for nursing facility care; and
(B)has signed an admission agreement or other contract with the facility in which the person agrees to provide payment for the resident's facility care from the resident's income or resources.
(b)A nursing facility may file an action against a resident's responsible payor for an amount owed by the resident to the facility if:
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 2 (S.B. 270), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.