| (a) An existing large Type A assisted living facility
must comply with the requirements for a slow evacuation capability
facility in 33.3, Large Facilities, in NFPA 101, Chapter 33, Existing
Residential Board and Care Occupancies, where referenced by this division,
except as permitted by subsection (b) of this section.
(b) An existing large Type A assisted living facility
campus comprised of multiple buildings providing sleeping rooms for
no more than 16 residents in any one building may comply with other
provision in NFPA 101, as follows.
(1) Each individual building providing sleeping rooms
on the campus may comply with the requirements for a slow evacuation
capability facility in 33.2, Small Facilities, in NFPA 101, Chapter
33, Existing Residential Board and Care Occupancies.
(2) Other buildings on the campus that are part of
the existing large Type A assisted living facility may be permitted
to comply with the requirements for other occupancies in NFPA 101,
subject to approval by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission
(HHSC).
(3) The provisions of this subsection do not apply
where any building provides sleeping rooms for more than 16 residents.
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