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HB4798 • 2025

Relating to compliance reviews of assisted living facilities.

Relating to compliance reviews of assisted living facilities.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Richardson
Last action
2025-05-14
Official status
05/14/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Relating to compliance reviews of assisted living facilities.

Relating to compliance reviews of assisted living facilities.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to compliance reviews of assisted living facilities.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  2. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  3. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  4. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  5. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  6. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in formal meeting

  7. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee substitute considered in committee

  8. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably as substituted

  9. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  10. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  11. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee substitute considered in committee

  12. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  13. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  14. 2025-04-03 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  15. 2025-04-03 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Human Services

  16. 2025-03-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to compliance reviews of assisted living facilities.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HB 4798 - House Committee Report version - Bill Text

89R22235 LRM-D

By: Richardson

H.B. No. 4798

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4798:

By: Hull

C.S.H.B. No. 4798

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to compliance reviews of assisted living facilities.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. The heading to Section 247.0261, Health and

Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 247.0261. [
EARLY
] COMPLIANCE REVIEW
REQUIRED BEFORE

COMPLETION
.

SECTION 2. Section 247.0261(a), Health and Safety Code, is

amended to read as follows:

(a) The executive commissioner by rule shall adopt a

procedure under which a person
who constructs or modifies an

assisted living facility or proposes
[
proposing
] to construct or

modify an assisted living facility may submit building plans to the

department for review for compliance with the department's

architectural requirements before
completing
[
beginning
]

construction or modification. In adopting the procedure, the

executive commissioner shall set reasonable deadlines by which the

department must complete review of submitted plans.

SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date

of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human

Services Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement the

changes in law made by this Act.

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.