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        |  | AN ACT | 
      
        |  | relating to an expedited on-site health inspection process for | 
      
        |  | assisted living facility license applicants. | 
      
        |  | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
      
        |  | SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 247.0211, Health and | 
      
        |  | Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | Sec. 247.0211.  EXPEDITED [ LIFE SAFETY CODE] INSPECTION. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 2.  Section 247.0211(a), Health and Safety Code, is | 
      
        |  | amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (a)  The executive commissioner shall adopt rules to | 
      
        |  | implement an expedited inspection process that allows an applicant | 
      
        |  | for an assisted living facility license or for a renewal of a | 
      
        |  | license to obtain: | 
      
        |  | (1)  a life safety code and physical plant inspection | 
      
        |  | not later than the 15th day after the date the request is made; or | 
      
        |  | (2)  an on-site health inspection not later than the | 
      
        |  | 21st day after the date the request is made. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | 
      
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        |  | ______________________________ | ______________________________ | 
      
        |  | President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | 
      
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        |  | I certify that H.B. No. 823 was passed by the House on April | 
      
        |  | 30, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 145, Nays 0, 1 present, not | 
      
        |  | voting. | 
      
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        |  | ______________________________ | 
      
        |  | Chief Clerk of the House | 
      
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        |  | I certify that H.B. No. 823 was passed by the Senate on May | 
      
        |  | 19, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0. | 
      
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        |  | ______________________________ | 
      
        |  | Secretary of the Senate | 
      
        |  | APPROVED:  _____________________ | 
      
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        |  | Governor |