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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the amount of an administrative penalty assessed |
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against freestanding emergency medical care facilities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 254.205(c), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(c) Each [The amount of the penalty may not exceed $1,000
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for each violation, and each] day a violation continues or occurs is |
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a separate violation for purposes of imposing a penalty. The total |
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amount of the penalty assessed for a violation continuing or |
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occurring on separate days under this subsection may not exceed |
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$25,000 [$5,000]. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |