Texas Health and Safety Code

§ 248.029 — RESIDENTIAL AIDS HOSPICE DESIGNATION

HS § 248.029Title 4. HEALTH FACILITIES · Part B. LICENSING OF HEALTH FACILITIES · Ch. 248. SPECIAL CARE FACILITIES · Art. B. LICENSING, FEES, AND INSPECTIONS

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(a)The executive commissioner by rule shall adopt standards for the designation of a special care facility licensed under this chapter as a residential AIDS hospice. Those standards shall be consistent with other standards adopted under this chapter and consistent with the purposes for which special care facilities are created.

(b)In adopting the standards, the executive commissioner shall consider rules adopted for the designation of a hospice under Chapter 142 and shall establish specific standards requiring:

(1)the provision of exclusively palliative care by a facility;

(2)the provision of bereavement services;

(3)the provision of support services to the family of a client;

(4)the participation of a registered nurse in the development of an initial plan of care for a client and periodic review of the plan of care by an interdisciplinary team of the facility; and

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Legislative history

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0734, eff. April 2, 2015. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1639(65), eff. April 2, 2015.