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TITLE 26HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 965ELECTRONIC MONITORING IN AN INDIVIDUAL’S BEDROOM IN A STATE SUPPORTED LIVING CENTER
RULE §965.8Required Facility Notice and Accommodation

(a) A facility must post a notice at the main facility entrance titled "Electronic Monitoring." The notice must state, in large, easy-to-read type, "The bedrooms of some individuals may be monitored electronically by or on behalf of those individuals. Monitoring may not be open and obvious."

(b) A facility must make reasonable physical accommodation for electronic monitoring, which includes providing:

  (1) a reasonably secure place to mount an electronic monitoring device (EMD); and

  (2) access to power sources for an EMD.


Source Note: The provisions of this §965.8 adopted to be effective December 21, 2022, 47 TexReg 8275

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