DALLAS - A newspaper analysis says Texas has heavily reduced its enforcement of rules that govern the state's nursing homes, due in part to budget cuts, legislative changes and inspectors being discouraged from citing bad conditions.

The Dallas Morning News reports (http://dallasne.ws/rIZPXA) that Texas has all but stopped imposing the most severe penalties, such as revoking a home's license and government contracts, against nursing homes found in violation.