{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-247.046","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 247.046","heading":"COOPERATION AMONG AGENCIES.","body":"The executive commissioner by rule for the department and the Department of Family and Protective Services and the attorney general by rule shall adopt a memorandum of understanding that:\n(1) defines those agencies' responsibilities concerning assisted living facilities and coordinates those agencies' activities;\n(2) details coordinated procedures to be used by those agencies in responding to complaints relating to neglect or abuse of residents of facilities, to substandard facilities, and to unlicensed facilities;\n(3) identifies enforcement needs those agencies may have in order to perform their duties under the memorandum of understanding, including any need for access to information or to facilities under investigation or operating under a plan of correction; and\n(4) provides a plan for correcting violations in substandard or unlicensed assisted living facilities that specifies the conditions under which it is appropriate to impose such a plan and that outlines a schedule of implementation for the plan.\nAdded by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 349, Sec. 1, eff. June 5, 1991. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 8.093, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 416, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 233, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0718, eff. April 2, 2015.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 4. HEALTH FACILITIES","SUBTITLE B. LICENSING OF HEALTH FACILITIES","CHAPTER 247. ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES","SUBCHAPTER C. GENERAL ENFORCEMENT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.247.htm#247.046","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"52c5e242ddd3f2952b65882a5634cdc60bd3a1190103ae196604a6164ef51fff","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-247.0459","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-247.048"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}