Texas Health and Safety Code

§ 247.064 — RESIDENTS' BILL OF RIGHTS

HS § 247.064Title 4. HEALTH FACILITIES · Part B. LICENSING OF HEALTH FACILITIES · Ch. 247. ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES · Art. D. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

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(a)Each assisted living facility shall post a residents' bill of rights in a prominent place in the facility.

(b)The residents' bill of rights must provide that each resident in the assisted living facility has the right to:

(1)manage the resident's financial affairs;

(2)determine the resident's dress, hair style, or other personal effects according to individual preference, except that the resident has the responsibility to maintain personal hygiene;

(3)retain and use personal property in the resident's immediate living quarters and to have an individual locked cabinet in which to keep personal property;

(4)receive and send unopened mail;

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 637, art. 2, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Renumbered from Sec. 247.065 and amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 233, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.