# Texas — Assisted living facility minimum staffing requirements by US state — how many staff must be on duty, and what that guarantees

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, not quoted from the source)_
- **Which rule this is:** all assisted living facilities — staffing ratios set by the facility from residents' service plans, not by the state _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Type of staffing rule:** acuity-based sufficiency standard _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **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: appears in the quote below)_
- **Regulatory citation:** 26 Tex. Admin. Code § 553.253 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## 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.

## Source

- https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/texas/26-Tex-Admin-Code-SS-553-253

Last verified: 2026-08-19. Review by: 2027-08-19.
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