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relating to assisted living facility operations and provision of
certain services to assisted living facility residents without a
license; creating a criminal offense.
Two new offenses: no facility license, or no home care license.
The bill creates two new offenses: running an assisted living facility without a state license, and providing personal assistance services to an assisted living resident without the home care license that law already requires. It touches operators of unlicensed assisted living facilities and unlicensed home care providers who serve people living in those facilities. A first offense is a Class A misdemeanor and a repeat offense is a third-degree felony, starting September 1, 2025.
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Labels: CREATES AN OFFENSE. The caption of the graded version (introduced) reads: “relating to assisted living facility operations and provision of certain services to assisted living facility residents without a license; creating a criminal offense.”CROSS-PARTY HANDOFF. Lead author Chris Turner (D) in the House. Lead sponsor Lois Kolkhorst (R) in the Senate. Party as the Legislative Reference Library lists it for the 89th Legislature.ACROSS THE AISLE. Joint authors: 2 Republicans, 3 Democrats. Party as the Legislative Reference Library lists it for the 89th Legislature.
relating to assisted living facility operations and provision of
certain services to assisted living facility residents without a
license; creating a criminal offense.
WHAT IT DOES
Two new offenses: no facility license, or no home care license.
The bill creates two new offenses: running an assisted living facility without a state license, and providing personal assistance services to an assisted living resident without the home care license that law already requires. It touches operators of unlicensed assisted living facilities and unlicensed home care providers who serve people living in those facilities. A first offense is a Class A misdemeanor and a repeat offense is a third-degree felony, starting September 1, 2025.
CHARGES
[ ] NONE FOUND
TOTAL
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.
Sources
Senator Kolkhorst moved that Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 2510 be placed on its third reading and final passage. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. The bill was read third time and was passed by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.
Yea: 31 (published)
Nay: 0 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed
Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.
Sources
Senator Kolkhorst moved that Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 2510 be placed on its third reading and final passage. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.
Yea: 31 (published)
Nay: 0 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed
Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
House committee · Human Services · Committee vote 8 aye, 2 nay, 1 absent · Out of committee
Senate committee · Health & Human Services · Committee vote 7 aye, 0 nay, 2 absent · Out of committee
Subjects
Crimes--Miscellaneous
Nursing Homes
Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations
ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES
Text
The text as introduced · 249 words
89R7640 MCF-D
By: Turner
H.B. No. 2510
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to assisted living facility operations and provision of
certain services to assisted living facility residents without a
license; creating a criminal offense.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 142, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 142.00605 to read as follows:
Sec. 142.00605. PERSONAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES PROVIDED
WITHOUT LICENSE TO CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS; CRIMINAL OFFENSE. (a) A
person commits an offense if the person:
(1) is required to hold a license under this chapter;
and
(2) provides without holding the required license
personal assistance services to a resident of an assisted living
facility, as defined by Section 247.002.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor,
except the offense is a felony of the third degree if the person has
been previously convicted of an offense under this section.
SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 247, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 247.0441 to read as follows:
Sec. 247.0441. LICENSE REQUIRED; CRIMINAL PENALTY. (a) A
person commits an offense if the person operates an assisted living
facility without holding a license issued under this chapter.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor,
except the offense is a felony of the third degree if the person has
been previously convicted of an offense under this section.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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