86R19386 JG-F
 
  By: Guillen, Klick H.B. No. 3803
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the maximum amount of an administrative penalty
  assessed on certain long-term care facilities.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 252.065(b), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  The penalty for a facility with fewer 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.  Each day a violation
  occurs or continues is a separate violation for purposes of
  imposing a penalty. The total amount of a penalty assessed under
  this subsection for each day a violation occurs or continues may not
  exceed:
               (1)  $5,000 for a facility with fewer than 60 beds; and
               (2)  $25,000 for a facility with 60 beds or more.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.