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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas requires nursing and assisted living facilities to install 72-hour emergency generators
Last action · April 1, 2025: Left pending in committeeSponsors: Christian Manuel and 1 other
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What This Bill Proposed
Relating to emergency generators or other power sources for nursing facilities and assisted living facilities.
Long-term care residents face continuous climate and utility disruptions, and this measure sets strict equipment standards and annual state oversight for emergency electricity supplies. Facilities can apply for up to two consecutive one-year compliance extensions through September 1, 2029.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Nursing Facilities
Licensed nursing facilities must procure, install, and maintain 72-hour emergency generators, ensure fuel supply, maintain separate power for locked units, and pass annual state inspections.
Assisted Living Facilities
Licensed assisted living facilities must procure, install, and maintain 72-hour emergency generators, ensure fuel supply, maintain separate power for locked units, and pass annual state inspections.
Health and Human Services Commission
The commission must adopt implementation rules, process extension requests, prescribe inspection checklists, and conduct annual generator inspections.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
7 actions- Apr 1, 2025HouseLeft pending in committee
- Apr 1, 2025HouseTestimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- Apr 1, 2025HouseConsidered in public hearing
- Apr 1, 2025HouseScheduled for public hearing on . . .
- Mar 7, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Human Services
- Mar 7, 2025HouseIntroducedRead first time
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- Nov 12, 2024HouseIntroducedFiled
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 75)
- Controversy25Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz35Current news / social attention level
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