{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-252.091","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 252.091","heading":"FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.","body":"(a) The legislature finds that, under some circumstances, closing a facility for a violation of a law or rule may:\n(1) have an adverse effect on the facility's residents and their families; and\n(2) result in a lack of readily available financial resources to meet the basic needs of the residents for food, shelter, medication, and personal services.\n(b) The purpose of this subchapter is to provide for:\n(1) the appointment of a trustee to assume the operations of the facility in a manner that emphasizes resident care and reduces resident trauma; and\n(2) a fund to assist a court-appointed trustee in meeting the basic needs of the residents.\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 693, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 4. HEALTH FACILITIES","SUBTITLE B. LICENSING OF HEALTH FACILITIES","CHAPTER 252. INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY","SUBCHAPTER D. TRUSTEES FOR FACILITIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.252.htm#252.091","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"fa841d8b705d1d2b3f6ee253732e93abcc766f02d94a44ff60b5fe2fe62e1466","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-252.071","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-252.092"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}