Texas § HS.248.029 - RESIDENTIAL AIDS HOSPICE DESIGNATION
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§ HS.248.029. RESIDENTIAL AIDS HOSPICE DESIGNATION
RESIDENTIAL AIDS HOSPICE DESIGNATION. (a) The executive commissioner by rule shall adopt standards for the designation of a special care facility licensed under this chapter as a residential AIDS hospice. Those standards shall be consistent with other standards adopted under this chapter and consistent with the purposes for which special care facilities are created. (b) In adopting the standards, the executive commissioner shall consider rules adopted for the designation of a hospice under Chapter 142 and shall establish specific standards requiring: (1) the provision of exclusively palliative care by a facility; (2) the provision of bereavement services; (3) the provision of support services to the family of a client; (4) the participation of a registered nurse in the development of an initial plan of care for a client and periodic review of the plan of care by an interdisciplinary team of the facility; and (5) clinical and medical review of patient care services by a physician who acts as a medical consultant. (c) A special care facility licensed under this chapter that satisfies the standards adopted under this section shall be designated as a residential AIDS hospice. (d) Notwithstanding Chapter 142 , a special care facility licensed and issued a designation as a residential AIDS hospice under this chapter may use the term "residential AIDS hospice" or a similar term or language in its title or in a description or representation of the facility if the similar term or language clearly identifies the facility as a facility regulated under this chapter and clearly distinguishes the facility from a hospice regulated under Chapter 142 . (e) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 3.1639(65), eff. April 2, 2015. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 800, Sec. 31, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219 ), Sec. 3.0734, eff. April 2, 2015. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219 ), Sec. 3.1639(65), eff. April 2, 2015. SUBCHAPTER C. GENERAL ENFORCEMENT
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