84R11520 BEF-F
By: Darby H.B. No. 3049
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the sales and use taxation of certain cleaning services
in a licensed health care facility.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 151.0048, Tax Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (b-3) to read as follows:
(b-3) "Real property service" does not include the
environmental cleaning, disinfection, sanitation, and
sterilization of patient care rooms and associated equipment,
hallways, and diagnostic or treatment areas where patients or
visitors are granted access in a licensed health care facility.
This subsection does not apply to cleaning in administrative
offices, shops, or cafeterias inside the facility. For purposes of
this subsection, "environmental cleaning, disinfection,
sanitation, and sterilization" means the processes and preferred
methods implemented by a specialized service provider for cleaning,
disinfection, sanitation, and sterilization that are recommended
by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and
approved by the health care facility's infection control program.
SECTION 2. This Act is a clarification of existing law and
does not imply that existing law may be construed as inconsistent
with the law as amended by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2015.