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