# 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 the 24-hour staffing pattern a facility must disclose before admission and post monthly; type of staffing rule is staffing records and disclosure; minimum staffing requirement is Prior to admission, a facility must disclose, to prospective residents and their families, the facility's normal 24-hour staffing pattern; 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:** the 24-hour staffing pattern a facility must disclose before admission and post monthly _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Type of staffing rule:** staffing records and disclosure _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Minimum staffing requirement:** Prior to admission, a facility must disclose, to prospective residents and their families, the facility's normal 24-hour staffing pattern _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Regulatory citation:** 26 Tex. Admin. Code § 553.253 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> (2) Prior to admission, a facility must disclose, to prospective residents and their families, the facility's normal 24-hour staffing pattern

## 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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