Texas Health and Safety Code
§ 242.847 — AUTHORIZED ELECTRONIC MONITORING: GENERAL PROVISIONS
HS § 242.847Title 4. HEALTH FACILITIES · Part B. LICENSING OF HEALTH FACILITIES · Ch. 242. CONVALESCENT AND NURSING FACILITIES AND RELATED INSTITUTIONS · Art. R. ELECTRONIC MONITORING OF RESIDENT'S ROOM
Statute text
View on source(a)An institution shall permit a resident or the resident's guardian or legal representative to monitor the room of the resident through the use of electronic monitoring devices.
(b)The institution shall require a resident who conducts authorized electronic monitoring or the resident's guardian or legal representative to post and maintain a conspicuous notice at the entrance to the resident's room. The notice must state that the room is being monitored by an electronic monitoring device.
(c)Authorized electronic monitoring conducted under this subchapter is not compulsory and may be conducted only at the request of the resident or the resident's guardian or legal representative.
(d)An institution may not refuse to admit an individual to residency in the institution and may not remove a resident from the institution because of a request to conduct authorized electronic monitoring. An institution may not remove a resident from the institution because covert electronic monitoring is being conducted by or on behalf of a resident.
(e)An institution shall make reasonable physical accommodation for authorized electronic monitoring, including:
(1)providing a reasonably secure place to mount the video surveillance camera or other electronic monitoring device; and
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Legislative history
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0665, eff. April 2, 2015.