H.B. No. 3085 AN ACT relating to the period of a license for a freestanding medical emergency care facility. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 254.051(f), Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: (f) Notwithstanding Section 254.053(f), a [A] facility that is not in continuous operation 24 hours per day and 7 days per week cannot be issued a license with a term that extends beyond August 31, 2013. SECTION 2. Section 254.053(f), Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: (f) The license fee must be paid [annually] on renewal of the license. The term of a license issued under this chapter is two years. SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only to a license issued or renewed on or after the effective date of this Act. A license issued or renewed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 3085 was passed by the House on May 5, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 3085 was passed by the Senate on May 25, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________ Date _____________________ Governor