HB 2510

H.B. No. 2510
  AN ACT
  relating to assisted living facility operations and provision of
  certain services to assisted living facility residents without a
  license; creating a criminal offense.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 142, Health and Safety
  Code, is amended by adding Section 142.00605 to read as follows:
         Sec. 142.00605.  PERSONAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES PROVIDED
  WITHOUT LICENSE TO CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS; CRIMINAL OFFENSE.  (a)  A
  person commits an offense if the person:
               (1)  is required to hold a license under this chapter;
  and
               (2)  provides without holding the required license
  personal assistance services to a resident of an assisted living
  facility, as defined by Section 247.002.
         (b)  An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor,
  except the offense is a felony of the third degree if the person has
  been previously convicted of an offense under this section.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter C, Chapter 247, Health and Safety
  Code, is amended by adding Section 247.0441 to read as follows:
         Sec. 247.0441.  LICENSE REQUIRED; CRIMINAL PENALTY.  (a)  A
  person commits an offense if the person operates an assisted living
  facility without holding a license issued under this chapter.
         (b)  An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor,
  except the offense is a felony of the third degree if the person has
  been previously convicted of an offense under this section.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
  ______________________________
  ______________________________
     President of the Senate
  Speaker of the House     
         I certify that H.B. No. 2510 was passed by the House on May 6,
  2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 129, Nays 20, 1 present, not
  voting.
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
         I certify that H.B. No. 2510 was passed by the Senate on May
  20, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
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                   Governor