Texas
For Texas, which rule this is is all assisted living facilities — staffing ratios set by the facility from residents' service plans, not by the state; type of staffing rule is acuity-based sufficiency standard; minimum staffing requirement is A facility must develop and implement staffing policies, which require staffing ratios based upon the needs of the residents, as identified in their service plans; regulatory citation is 26 Tex. Admin. Code § 553.253, recorded from its source on 2026-08-19.
- State
- Texas our reading
- Which rule this is
- all assisted living facilities — staffing ratios set by the facility from residents' service plans, not by the state our reading
- Type of staffing rule
- acuity-based sufficiency standard our reading
- Minimum staffing requirement
- A facility must develop and implement staffing policies, which require staffing ratios based upon the needs of the residents, as identified in their service plans. verified
- Regulatory citation
- 26 Tex. Admin. Code § 553.253 verified
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
(1) A facility must develop and implement staffing policies, which require staffing ratios based upon the needs of the residents, as identified in their service plans.
— law.cornell.edu, retrieved 2026-08-19
Source
- law.cornell.eduhttps://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/texas/26-Tex-Admin-Code-SS-553-253