{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-247.023","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 247.023","heading":"ISSUANCE AND RENEWAL OF LICENSE.","body":"(a) The commission shall issue a license if, after inspection and investigation, it finds that the applicant, the assisted living facility, and all controlling persons with respect to the applicant or facility meet the requirements of this chapter and the standards adopted under this chapter. The license expires on the third anniversary of the date of its issuance. The executive commissioner by rule shall adopt a system under which licenses expire on staggered dates during each three-year period. The commission shall prorate the license fee as appropriate if the expiration date of a license changes as a result of this subsection.\n(b) To renew a license, the license holder must submit to the commission the license renewal fee.\n(c) The commission may require participation in a continuing education program as a condition of renewal of a license. The executive commissioner shall adopt rules to implement this subsection.\nAdded by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 114, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 637, art. 2, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 233, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 809 (S.B. 1318), Sec. 14, eff. September 1, 2007.\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0703, eff. April 2, 2015.\nActs 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 836 (H.B. 2025), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2017.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 4. HEALTH FACILITIES","SUBTITLE B. LICENSING OF HEALTH FACILITIES","CHAPTER 247. ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES","SUBCHAPTER B. LICENSING, FEES, AND INSPECTIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.247.htm#247.023","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"c0dd2e56a42d6253052768d991edb16b06ef3a924afd7f8700e64f10ae600ae9","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-247.022","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-247.0231"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}