By: Crockett H.B. No. 200       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to voter education for residents of certain long-term care   facilities.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 31, Election Code, is   amended by adding Section 31.0125 to read as follows:          Sec. 31.0125.  VOTER EDUCATION PAMPHLET FOR LONG-TERM CARE   FACILITY RESIDENTS.  (a)  In this section, "long-term care   facility" means a facility licensed under Chapter 242, 247, or 252,   Health and Safety Code.           (b)  The secretary of state shall develop a voter education   pamphlet for long-term care facility residents. The pamphlet must   include information on:                (1)  a resident's voting rights, including information   contained in the notice of voters' rights publicized under Section   62.0115; and                (2)  the voting process, including general information   on common deceptive practices and disenfranchisement methods that   may occur during the voting process.           (c)  The secretary of state shall make the voter education   pamphlet available on the secretary's Internet website.           SECTION 2.  Subchapter A, Chapter 242, Health and Safety   Code, is amended by adding Section 242.020 to read as follows:          Sec. 242.020.  VOTER EDUCATION FOR RESIDENTS. (a)  In this   section, "voter education pamphlet" means the voter education   pamphlet for long-term care facility residents developed by the   secretary of state under Section 31.0125, Election Code.           (b)  A nursing facility employee shall, not later than the   30th day before the date of an election in which residents are   generally eligible to vote and using information contained in the   voter education pamphlet as a reference, inform each resident,   verbally and in an audible and intelligible manner, of the   resident's voting rights and the voting process.          (c)  Each nursing facility shall make copies of the voter   education pamphlet available in common areas of the facility.           SECTION 3.  Subchapter D, Chapter 247, Health and Safety   Code, is amended by adding Section 247.072 to read as follows:          Sec. 247.072.  VOTER EDUCATION FOR RESIDENTS. (a)  In this   section, "voter education pamphlet" means the voter education   pamphlet for long-term care facility residents developed by the   secretary of state under Section 31.0125, Election Code.           (b)  An assisted living facility employee shall, not later   than the 30th day before the date of an election in which facility   residents are generally eligible to vote and using information   contained in the voter education pamphlet as a reference, inform   each resident, verbally and in an audible and intelligible manner,   of the resident's voting rights and the voting process.          (c)  Each assisted living facility shall make copies of the   voter education pamphlet available in common areas of the facility.           SECTION 4.  Subchapter A, Chapter 252, Health and Safety   Code, is amended by adding Section 252.012 to read as follows:          Sec. 252.012.  VOTER EDUCATION FOR RESIDENTS. (a)  In this   section, "voter education pamphlet" means the voter education   pamphlet for long-term care facility residents developed by the   secretary of state under Section 31.0125, Election Code.           (b)  A facility employee shall, not later than the 30th day   before the date of an election in which residents are generally   eligible to vote and using information contained in the voter   education pamphlet as a reference, inform each resident, verbally   and in an audible and intelligible manner, of the resident's voting   rights and the voting process.          (c)  Each facility shall make copies of the voter education   pamphlet available in common areas of the facility.           SECTION 5.  As soon as practicable after the effective date   of this Act, the secretary of state shall develop the voter   education pamphlet for long-term care facility residents required   by Section 31.0125, Election Code, as added by this Act.          SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.