By: Schwertner S.B. No. 1592
(Oliverson)
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.