By: Schwertner S.B. No. 1592

(In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2017; March 21, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Health & Human Services; April 10, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; April 10, 2017, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the amount of an administrative penalty assessed against freestanding emergency medical care facilities.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 254.205(c), Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:

(c) Each [The amount of the penalty may not exceed $1,000 for each violation, and each] day a violation continues or occurs is a separate violation for purposes of imposing a penalty. The total amount of the penalty assessed for a violation continuing or occurring on separate days under this subsection may not exceed $25,000 [$5,000].

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.

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