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| 1 | 1 | By: Schwertner S.B. No. 1592 | |
| 2 | - | (Oliverson) | |
| 3 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 6 | relating to the amount of an administrative penalty assessed | |
| 8 | 7 | against freestanding emergency medical care facilities. | |
| 9 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 9 | SECTION 1. Section 254.205(c), Health and Safety Code, is | |
| 11 | 10 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 11 | (c) Each [The amount of the penalty may not exceed $1,000 | |
| 13 | 12 | for each violation, and each] day a violation continues or occurs is | |
| 14 | 13 | a separate violation for purposes of imposing a penalty. The total | |
| 15 | 14 | amount of the penalty assessed for a violation continuing or | |
| 16 | 15 | occurring on separate days under this subsection may not exceed | |
| 17 | 16 | $25,000 [$5,000]. | |
| 18 | 17 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |