The department periodically shall conduct regional training programs for representatives of local governments and appropriate state agencies relating to assisted living facility concerns. The training programs must provide to participants information relating to the assisted living facility industry, including information on:

1. (1) the general characteristics of assisted living facilities and residents of those facilities;
2. (2) the different types of assisted living facilities;
3. (3) the laws applicable to assisted living facilities; and
4. (4) the authority of the department and other entities to enforce applicable laws.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 233, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.