Reports and Presentations

The executive commissioner of HHSC appointed regulatory staff, IDR staff, and long-term care providers to the council. A key council objective is to submit a report no later than January 1, 2023, outlining its recommendations to the executive commissioner, the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the House of Representatives, and the chairs of the appropriate legislative committees.

Section 260.003 required the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission to develop and publish model standards for the operation of a boarding home facility and specifies that these standards must address elements such as construction, fire safety, sanitary conditions, reporting and investigation of injuries and incidents, staff education and assessment of residents.