By: Davis of Harris, Oliverson H.B. No. 1112
(Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst)
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 15, 2019;
May 7, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Health &
Human Services; May 17, 2019, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 17, 2019, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the removal of signs indicating that a freestanding
emergency medical care facility is operational.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 254, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 254.156 to read as follows:
Sec. 254.156. REMOVAL OF SIGNS. A facility that closes or
for which a license issued under this chapter expires or is
suspended or revoked shall immediately remove or cause to be
removed any signs within view of the general public indicating that
the facility is in operation.
SECTION 2. Sections 254.203(a) and (b), Health and Safety
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) The department may petition a district court for a
temporary restraining order to restrain a continuing violation of
the standards or licensing requirements provided under this chapter
or of Section 254.156 if the department finds that the violation
creates an immediate threat to the health and safety of the patients
of a facility or of the public.
(b) A district court, on petition of the department and on a
finding by the court that a person is violating the standards or
licensing requirements provided under this chapter or is violating
Section 254.156, may by injunction:
(1) prohibit a person from continuing the [a]
violation [of the standards or licensing requirements provided
under this chapter];
(2) restrain or prevent the establishment or operation
of a facility without a license issued under this chapter; or
(3) grant any other injunctive relief warranted by the
facts.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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