Texas Health and Safety Code

§ 247.0011 — SCOPE, PURPOSE, AND IMPLEMENTATION

HS § 247.0011Title 4. HEALTH FACILITIES · Part B. LICENSING OF HEALTH FACILITIES · Ch. 247. ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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(a)The purpose of this chapter is to ensure that assisted living facilities in this state deliver the highest possible quality of care. This chapter and the rules adopted under this chapter establish minimum acceptable levels of care, and a violation of a minimum acceptable level of care established under this chapter is a violation of law. For purposes of this chapter, components of quality of care include:

(1)resident independence and self-determination;

(2)humane treatment;

(3)conservative intervention;

(4)access to care;

(5)continuity of care;

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Legislative history

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0695, eff. April 2, 2015.