H.B. No. 3803
AN ACT
relating to the maximum amount of an administrative penalty
assessed on certain long-term care facilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 252.065(b), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) The penalty for a facility with fewer than 60 beds shall
be not less than $100 or more than $1,000 for each violation. The
penalty for a facility with 60 beds or more shall be not less than
$100 or more than $5,000 for each violation. Each day a violation
occurs or continues is a separate violation for purposes of
imposing a penalty. The total amount of a penalty assessed under
this subsection for each day a violation occurs or continues may not
exceed:
(1) $5,000 for a facility with fewer than 60 beds; and
(2) $25,000 for a facility with 60 beds or more.
SECTION 2. The Health and Human Services Commission is
required to implement a provision of this Act only if the
legislature appropriates money to the commission specifically for
that purpose. If the legislature does not appropriate money
specifically for that purpose, the commission may, but is not
required to, implement a provision of this Act using other
appropriations that are available for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3803 was passed by the House on May 7,
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 3803 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0,
2 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3803 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor