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SUBJEC CT: Agenda a Item No. : 7c 7<br />
Recomm mendation to propose ame endments to 40 TAC Chhapter<br />
19, Nuursing<br />
Faciliity<br />
Requiremments<br />
for Licen nsure <strong>and</strong> Me edicaid Certification;<br />
Ch hapter 90, Inntermediate<br />
CCare<br />
Facilities<br />
for Personns<br />
with Men ntal Retardat tion or Relat ted Conditio ons; Chapter 92, Licensinng<br />
St<strong>and</strong>ardss<br />
for Assisteed<br />
Living Fa acilities; Chapter<br />
97, Lic censing Stan ndards for Hoome<br />
<strong>and</strong> Coommunity<br />
Suupport<br />
Servicces<br />
Agencies s; <strong>and</strong> Chapt ter 98, Adult t Day Care <strong>and</strong> a Day Actiivity<br />
<strong>and</strong> Heealth<br />
Servicees<br />
Requiremeents;<br />
<strong>and</strong> a new w section in Chapter 99, Criminal Co onvictions BBarring<br />
Facillity<br />
Licensurre<br />
BACKG GROUND:<br />
Federal requ uirement<br />
The purp pose of the am mendments is to implem ment Senate BBill<br />
78, 82ndd<br />
Legislaturee,<br />
Regular<br />
Session, 2011, author rizing the Department<br />
of f <strong>Aging</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Disability</strong> S<strong>Services</strong><br />
(DAADS)<br />
to denyy<br />
or<br />
refuse to renew a lice ense if an ap pplicant or ce ertain personns<br />
associatedd<br />
with an appplicant<br />
are liisted<br />
in a healt th <strong>and</strong> huma an service ag gency's recor rd of adversee<br />
licensing acction<br />
maintaained<br />
in<br />
accordan nce with Tex xas Governm ment Code §5 531.952.<br />
The prop posed new §9 99.3, Advers se Licensing g Record, proovides<br />
that DDADS<br />
may ddeny<br />
a licensse<br />
applicatio on or refuse to renew a license l if an applicant orr<br />
certain assoociated<br />
persoons<br />
are listedd<br />
in<br />
the recor rd maintained d in accorda ance with Texas<br />
Governmment<br />
Code § §531.952. Inn<br />
addition, crross<br />
reference es to Chapter r 99 are adde ed to the foll lowing proggram<br />
rules: § §19.214 in Chapter<br />
19;<br />
§90.17 in n Chapter 90 0; §92.11 in Chapter C 92; §97.11 in CChapter<br />
97; a<strong>and</strong><br />
§98.19 inn<br />
Chapter 988.<br />
Finally, the t title of Chapter C 99 is changed to “Denial or RRefusal<br />
of License.”<br />
ISSUES AND ALTE ERNATIVE ES<br />
TO:<br />
<strong>Aging</strong> annd<br />
<strong>Disability</strong>y<br />
<strong>Services</strong> <strong>Council</strong><br />
Memmbers<br />
DATE:<br />
Septembber<br />
14, 2011<br />
FROM M: Chris Traaylor<br />
Commisssioner<br />
Legisllative<br />
requirrement<br />
X<br />
Other<br />
There are e no outst<strong>and</strong> ding issues or o concerns with w implemmentation<br />
of the proposedd<br />
amendmennts<br />
<strong>and</strong> new section.
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