{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-242.903","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 242.903","heading":"DUTIES OF INSTITUTION.","body":"(a) An institution shall consider the views and recommendations of the family council and make a reasonable effort to resolve the council's grievances.\n(b) An institution may not:\n(1) prohibit the formation of a family council;\n(2) terminate an existing family council;\n(3) deny a family council the opportunity to accept help from an outside person;\n(4) limit the rights of a resident, family member, or family council member to meet with an outside person, including:\n(A) an employee of the institution during nonworking hours if the employee agrees; and\n(B) a member of a nonprofit or government organization;\n(5) prevent or interfere with the family council receiving outside correspondence addressed to the council;\n(6) open family council mail; or\n(7) wilfully interfere with the formation, maintenance, or operation of a family council, including interfering by:\n(A) discriminating or retaliating against a family council participant; and\n(B) wilfully scheduling events in conflict with previously scheduled family council meetings if the institution has other scheduling options.\n(c) On admission of a resident, an institution shall inform the resident's family members in writing of:\n(1) the family members' right to form a family council; or\n(2) if a family council already exists, the council's:\n(A) meeting time, date, and location; and\n(B) contact person.\n(d) An institution shall:\n(1) include notice of a family council in a mailing that occurs at least semiannually;\n(2) permit a representative of a family council to discuss concerns with an individual conducting an inspection or survey of the facility;\n(3) provide a family council with adequate space on a prominent bulletin board to post notices and other information;\n(4) provide a designated staff person to act as liaison for a family council; and\n(5) respond in writing to a written request by a family council within five working days.\nAdded by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 798 (S.B. 131), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2008.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 4. HEALTH FACILITIES","SUBTITLE B. LICENSING OF HEALTH FACILITIES","CHAPTER 242. CONVALESCENT AND NURSING FACILITIES AND RELATED INSTITUTIONS","SUBCHAPTER S. FAMILY COUNCIL"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.242.htm#242.903","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"34559febadc25c0b1f01ff7045bcb02e2b45a2958246859ec54b6fb2614c1e3d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-242.902","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-242.904"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}