Texas 2017 85th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1592 Introduced / Bill

Filed 03/09/2017

                    85R7283 JG-D
 By: Schwertner S.B. No. 1592


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the amount of an administrative penalty assessed
 against freestanding emergency medical care facilities.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 254.205(c), Health and Safety Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (c)  Each [The amount of the penalty may not exceed $1,000
 for each violation, and each] day a violation continues or occurs is
 a separate violation for purposes of imposing a penalty. The total
 amount of the penalty assessed for a violation continuing or
 occurring on separate days under this subsection may not exceed
 $25,000 [$5,000].
 SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.