82R8436 RWG-F By: Taylor of Galveston H.B. No. 3085 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 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 254.053(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 2. 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.