Enrolled Bill Summary

            Senate Bill 1249 amends the Texas Ambulatory Surgical Center Licensing Act to provide that an ambulatory surgical center licensed by the Texas Department of Health and certified under Social Security Act provisions relating to health insurance for the aged and disabled is subject to an on-site licensing inspection once every three years while the center maintains the certification. The act authorizes the department to issue an emergency order to suspend a license if it has reasonable cause to believe that the conduct of a license holder creates an immediate danger to the public health and safety and provides that such suspension is effective immediately without a hearing on notice to the license holder. The department is required to conduct a hearing on request of the license holder.