Texas Health and Safety Code

§ 252.091 — FINDINGS AND PURPOSE

HS § 252.091Title 4. HEALTH FACILITIES · Part B. LICENSING OF HEALTH FACILITIES · Ch. 252. INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY · Art. D. TRUSTEES FOR FACILITIES

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(a)The legislature finds that, under some circumstances, closing a facility for a violation of a law or rule may:

(1)have an adverse effect on the facility's residents and their families; and

(2)result in a lack of readily available financial resources to meet the basic needs of the residents for food, shelter, medication, and personal services.

(b)The purpose of this subchapter is to provide for:

(1)the appointment of a trustee to assume the operations of the facility in a manner that emphasizes resident care and reduces resident trauma; and

(2)a fund to assist a court-appointed trustee in meeting the basic needs of the residents.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 693, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.