Tex. Health & Safety Code § 247.004

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 247.004 - Exemptions

This chapter does not apply to:

(1) a boarding home facility as defined by Section 260.001;
(2) an establishment conducted by or for the adherents of the Church of Christ, Scientist, for the purpose of providing facilities for the care or treatment of the sick who depend exclusively on prayer or spiritual means for healing without the use of any drug or material remedy if the establishment complies with local safety, sanitary, and quarantine ordinances and regulations;
(3) a facility conducted by or for the adherents of a qualified religious society classified as a tax-exempt organization under an Internal Revenue Service group exemption ruling for the purpose of providing personal care services without charge solely for the society's professed members or ministers in retirement, if the facility complies with local safety, sanitation, and quarantine ordinances and regulations; or
(4) a facility that provides personal care services only to persons enrolled in a program that:
(A) is funded in whole or in part by the department and that is monitored by the department or its designated local intellectual and developmental disability authority in accordance with department rules; or
(B) is funded in whole or in part by the Department of State Health Services and that is monitored by that department, or by its designated local mental health authority in accordance with department rules.

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 247.004

Amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1,Sec. 3.0698, eff. 4/2/2015.
Amended By Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 7, Sec. 1.08(b), eff. 9/28/2011.
Amended By Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 91, Sec. 27.002(5), eff. 9/1/2011.
Amended By Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1106, Sec. 3, eff. 9/1/2009.
Amended By Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 233, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1999.
Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 608, Sec. 1, eff. 8/30/1993
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 637, art. 2, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1991.