Amend SB 196 as follows:
      (1) In SECTION 3 of the bill, in Section 252.065(b), Health
and Safety Code (house committee printing, page 2, lines 18-25),
strike lines 18-25 and substitute the following:
      "(b) The penalty for a facility with less than 60 beds shall
be not less than $100 or more than $1,000 for each violation.  The
penalty for a facility with 60 beds or more shall be not less than
$100 or more than $5,000 for each violation. The total amount of
the penalty assessed for a violation continuing or occurring on
separate days under this subsection may not exceed $5,000 for a
facility with less than 60 beds or $25,000 for a facility with 60
beds or more.  Each day a violation occurs or continues is a
separate violation for purposes of imposing a penalty. <The
department by rule shall>".
      (2) In SECTION 3 of the bill, in Section 252.065, Health and
Safety Code (house committee printing, page 4, line 16), strike
"implemented" and substitute "implemented.  This subsection does
not apply to a violation that the department determines has
resulted in serious harm to or the death of a resident or
constitutes a serious threat to the health or safety of a resident"
      (3) In SECTION 3 of the bill, in Section 252.065, Health and
Safety Code (house committee printing, page 5, between lines 12 and
13), insert Subsection (k) to read as follows:
      (k) Rules adopted under this section shall include specific,
appropriate, and objective criteria that describe the scope and
severity of a violation that results in a recommendation for each
specific penalty.
      (4) Insert the following appropriately numbered SECTION of
the bill and renumber the remaining SECTIONS as appropriate:
      SECTION _____. Subchapter B, Chapter 252, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 252.0651 to read as follows:
      Sec. 252.0651. APPLICATION OF OTHER LAW. The department may
not assess more than one monetary penalty under this chapter for a
violation arising out of the same act or failure to act.