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AN ACT
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relating to the removal of signs indicating that a freestanding |
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emergency medical care facility is operational. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 254, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 254.156 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 254.156. REMOVAL OF SIGNS. A facility that closes or |
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for which a license issued under this chapter expires or is |
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suspended or revoked shall immediately remove or cause to be |
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removed any signs within view of the general public indicating that |
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the facility is in operation. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 254.203(a) and (b), Health and Safety |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The department may petition a district court for a |
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temporary restraining order to restrain a continuing violation of |
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the standards or licensing requirements provided under this chapter |
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or of Section 254.156 if the department finds that the violation |
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creates an immediate threat to the health and safety of the patients |
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of a facility or of the public. |
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(b) A district court, on petition of the department and on a |
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finding by the court that a person is violating the standards or |
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licensing requirements provided under this chapter or is violating |
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Section 254.156, may by injunction: |
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(1) prohibit a person from continuing the [a] |
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violation [of the standards or licensing requirements provided
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under this chapter]; |
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(2) restrain or prevent the establishment or operation |
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of a facility without a license issued under this chapter; or |
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(3) grant any other injunctive relief warranted by the |
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facts. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1112 was passed by the House on April |
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12, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1112 was passed by the Senate on May |
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22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |