SB1681 - Relating to an annual boarding home facility report for certain counties and municipalities.

      By: Menéndez S.B. No. 1681     (Manuel)           A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to an annual boarding home facility report for certain   counties and municipalities.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 260, Health and Safety Code, is amended   by adding Section 260.0105 to read as follows:           Sec.   260.0105.     COUNTY AND MUNICIPALITY REPORTING   REQUIREMENTS. (a) Not later than September 30 of each year, each   county or municipality that regulates boarding home facilities,   including a county or municipality that requires a person to obtain   a permit to operate a boarding home facility as authorized by   Section 260.004, shall submit to the commission in the form and   manner the commission requires a written report that includes:                 (1)     the county's or municipality's standards or   ordinances applicable to boarding home facilities in effect on the   date the report is submitted;                 (2)     any policies or procedures the county or   municipality requires to consider a resident's or prospective   resident's reasonable accommodation request;                 (3)  during the preceding year, the total number of:                       (A)     reasonable accommodation requests received,   approved, and rejected, including the reason a request was   rejected;                       (B)     complaints or actions brought against a   boarding home facility located in the county or municipality   related to a violation of federal or state fair housing laws; and                       (C)     boarding home facility closures, including   the reason a facility closed and the accommodations provided to the   facility's former residents;                 (4)     information on any activities the county or   municipality performs to support the operators of boarding home   facilities in complying with applicable regulations; and                 (5)     a summary of complaints the county or municipality   receives against boarding home facilities located in the county or   municipality.           (b)     Each county or municipality shall report to the   commission any updates made to the standards or ordinances   described by Subsection (a)(1) after the report is submitted under   that subsection. A county or municipality shall report the updates   in the form and manner the commission requires.           (c)     The executive commissioner may adopt rules as necessary   to implement this section.          SECTION 2.  Notwithstanding Section 260.0105, Health and   Safety Code, as added by this Act, a county or municipality is not   required to submit a report required by that section until   September 30, 2026.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.