84R9804 JSC-D
By: Campbell S.B. No. 1754
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to advertising by certain licensed freestanding emergency
medical care facilities; providing an administrative penalty.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 254, Health and Safety Code, is amended
by adding Subchapter F to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER F. NOTICE OF CHARGES
Sec. 254.251. NOTICE. A facility licensed under this
chapter that charges for its services the usual and customary rate
charged for the same service by a hospital emergency room in the
same region of the state or located in a region of the state with
comparable rates for emergency health care services shall post
notice in a conspicuous place in the facility to prospective
patients that the facility charges rates comparable to a hospital
emergency room.
Sec. 254.252. RULES. The executive commissioner of the
Health and Human Services Commission shall adopt rules for the
notice described by Section 254.251.
Sec. 254.253. ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY. The commissioner of
health may assess an administrative penalty under Section 254.205
against a facility that violates this subchapter.
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human
Services Commission shall adopt rules relating to the notice
required under Subchapter F, Chapter 254, Health and Safety Code,
as added by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.