H.B. No. 3961
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to required posting of information regarding the office of
  the state long-term care ombudsman on certain long-term care
  facilities' Internet websites.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subtitle B, Title 4, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended by adding Chapter 260C to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 260C. POSTING OF OFFICE OF STATE LONG-TERM CARE OMBUDSMAN
  INFORMATION BY CERTAIN FACILITIES
         Sec. 260C.001.  DEFINITION. In this chapter, "long-term
  care facility" means:
               (1)  a nursing facility licensed under Chapter 242;
               (2)  an assisted living facility licensed under Chapter
  247; or
               (3)  any other facility providing care to residents who
  are assisted by the state long-term care ombudsman established
  under Subchapter F, Chapter 101A, Human Resources Code.
         Sec. 260C.002.  POSTING OF OFFICE OF STATE LONG-TERM CARE
  OMBUDSMAN INFORMATION ON INTERNET WEBSITE.  (a)  Except as provided
  by Subsection (b), a long-term care facility shall post on the
  facility's Internet website information about the office of the
  state long-term care ombudsman established under Subchapter F,
  Chapter 101A, Human Resources Code, including:
               (1)  information regarding the office's role as an
  advocate for residents of long-term care facilities; and
               (2)  the office's statewide toll-free telephone number.
         (b)  A long-term care facility:
               (1)  may comply with this section by posting the
  required information on the Internet website of the facility's
  parent company if the facility does not maintain a unique Internet
  website; and
               (2)  is not required to comply with this section if the
  facility and any parent company do not maintain an Internet
  website.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2022.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3961 was passed by the House on April
  28, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 141, Nays 1, 1 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 3961 on May 28, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 146, Nays 0,
  1 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3961 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 20, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays
  1.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor