By: Taylor of Galveston (Senate Sponsor - Nelson) H.B. No. 3085
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2011;
May 9, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Health
and Human Services; May 18, 2011, reported favorably by the
following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 18, 2011, sent to printer.)
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 254.051(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.
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