Title HS, Health and Safety Code

Sec. 248A.051. LICENSE REQUIRED; PREMISES RESTRICTION. (a) A person may not own or operate a prescribed pediatric extended care center in this state unless the person holds an initial, renewal, or temporary license issued under this chapter. An applicant for a prescribed pediatri…

Sec. 248A.052. INITIAL LICENSE APPLICATION; ISSUANCE. (a) An applicant for an initial prescribed pediatric extended care center license shall submit to the department in accordance with department rules: (1) a sworn application on the form prescribed by the department; (2) a lett…

Sec. 248A.0525. TEMPORARY LICENSE PROCEDURES. (a) An applicant for an initial license under Section 248A.052 may request, in the manner prescribed by the department and in accordance with this section, that the department issue a temporary license pending the department's review …

Sec. 248A.053. INITIAL OR RENEWAL LICENSE TERM; RENEWAL; NOTIFICATION. (a) An initial or renewal license issued under this chapter expires on the third anniversary of the date of issuance. The executive commissioner by rule shall adopt a system under which licenses expire on stag…

Sec. 248A.054. LICENSE NOT TRANSFERABLE OR ASSIGNABLE. A license under this chapter is issued to the license holder named on the license at the location of the premises listed on the license and is not transferable or assignable. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1168 (S.B…

Sec. 248A.101. ADOPTION OF RULES AND STANDARDS. (a) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to implement this chapter. (b) To protect the health and safety of the public and ensure the health, safety, and comfort of the minors served by a center, the rules must est…

Sec. 248A.1015. TRANSPORTATION STANDARDS. The executive commissioner by rule shall establish minimum standards for transportation services as required under Section 248A.101(b)(9). In adopting rules under this section, the executive commissioner: (1) shall authorize a center to d…

Sec. 248A.102. INSPECTIONS; CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN. (a) The department may inspect a center, including its records, at reasonable times as necessary to ensure compliance with this chapter and the rules adopted under this chapter. The center shall provide the department with acces…

Sec. 248A.103. FEES. (a) The executive commissioner by rule shall set fees imposed by this chapter in amounts reasonable and necessary to cover the cost of administering this chapter. (b) A fee collected under this chapter shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of…

Sec. 248A.104. COMMISSION DUTIES. The commission shall designate a center licensed under this chapter as a health care services provider under the medical assistance program established under Chapter 32, Human Resources Code. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1168 (S.B. 49…

Sec. 248A.105. INTERFERENCE WITH RIGHTS TO DETERMINE TREATMENT. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), any rules the executive commissioner adopts under this subchapter may not interfere with the authority of a parent, guardian, or legally authorized representative of a minor …

Sec. 248A.151. ADMISSION CRITERIA FOR MINOR CLIENT; ADULT ACCOMPANIMENT. (a) A center may not admit a minor client to the center unless: (1) the client is a medically dependent or technologically dependent minor; (2) the minor's prescribing physician issues a prescription orderin…

Sec. 248A.152. RESTRICTIONS ON HOURS, SERVICES, AND PATIENT CAPACITY. (a) A center may not provide services to a minor for more than 12 hours in any 24-hour period. (b) A center may not provide services other than services regulated under this chapter and department rule. (c) The…

Sec. 248A.153. LICENSE DISPLAY. Each center licensed under this chapter shall display the center's license in a conspicuous location readily visible to a person entering the center. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1168 (S.B. 492), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.

Sec. 248A.154. MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS. Each center shall maintain at the center the medical and other records required by this chapter and by rules adopted under this chapter. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1168 (S.B. 492), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.

Sec. 248A.155. COMPLAINTS. A person may file a complaint with the department against a center licensed or required to be licensed under this chapter. The department shall investigate the complaint in accordance with the complaint procedures established under Chapter 161, Human Re…

Sec. 248A.156. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAW. (a) A center shall comply with Chapter 260A and rules adopted under that chapter. (b) An owner, center employee, or other person subject to Chapter 260A shall comply with that chapter and rules adopted under that chapter. Added by Acts 20…

Sec. 248A.157. CLOSING OF CENTER. At least 30 days before the date a center voluntarily discontinues operation, the owner or operator of the center shall inform the parent or legal guardian of each minor client to whom the center is providing services of: (1) the discontinuance; …

Sec. 248A.158. RELATION TO NURSING SERVICES. (a) Subject to Subsection (b), nursing services provided to a client by a center must be a replacement of private duty nursing or other skilled nursing services provided in a setting other than a center unless additional nursing servic…

Sec. 248A.159. ADMISSION FORMS. (a) Before admission to a center, the center may obtain all required parent or legal guardian signatures for a patient on one consent document. (b) The consent document must illustrate the involvement of the parent or legal guardian in developing a…

Sec. 248A.201. DENIAL, SUSPENSION, OR REVOCATION OF LICENSE. (a) The department may deny, suspend, or revoke a license issued under this chapter for: (1) a violation of this chapter or a rule or standard adopted under this chapter; (2) an intentional or negligent act by the cente…

Sec. 248A.202. PROBATION. (a) If the department finds that a center is in repeated noncompliance with this chapter, rules adopted under this chapter, or a corrective action plan, but that the noncompliance does not endanger a minor served by the center or the public health and sa…

Sec. 248A.203. EMERGENCY SUSPENSION. (a) The department may issue an emergency order to suspend a license issued under this chapter if the department has reasonable cause to believe that the conduct of a license holder creates an immediate danger to a minor served by the center o…

Sec. 248A.204. INJUNCTION. (a) The department may petition a district court for a temporary restraining order to restrain a continuing violation of this chapter or a rule or standard adopted under this chapter if the department finds that the violation creates an immediate threat…

Sec. 248A.205. CIVIL PENALTY. (a) A person who violates this chapter or a rule or standard adopted under this chapter or who fails to comply with a corrective action plan submitted under this chapter is liable for a civil penalty of not more than $500 for each violation if the de…

Sec. 248A.206. CRIMINAL PENALTY. (a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly establishes or operates a center without the appropriate license issued under this chapter. (b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor. (c) Each day a violation continues cons…

Sec. 248A.251. IMPOSITION OF PENALTY. The department may impose an administrative penalty on a person licensed under this chapter who violates this chapter or a rule or standard adopted or order issued under this chapter. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1168 (S.B. 492), …

Sec. 248A.2515. SYSTEM FOR ASSESSMENT OF PENALTY. The commission shall develop and use a system to record and track the scope and severity of each violation of this chapter or a rule or standard adopted or order issued under this chapter for the purpose of assessing an administra…

Sec. 248A.252. AMOUNT OF PENALTY. (a) The amount of the penalty may not exceed $500 for each violation, and each day a violation continues or occurs is a separate violation for purposes of imposing a penalty. (b) The amount shall be based on: (1) the seriousness of the violation,…

Sec. 248A.253. REPORT AND NOTICE OF VIOLATION AND PENALTY. (a) If the department initially determines that a violation occurred, the department shall give written notice of the report to the person. (b) The notice must: (1) include a brief summary of the alleged violation; (2) st…

Sec. 248A.254. PENALTY TO BE PAID OR HEARING REQUESTED. (a) Not later than the 20th day after the date the person receives the notice sent under Section 248A.253, the person in writing may: (1) accept the determination and recommended penalty of the department; or (2) make a requ…

Sec. 248A.255. HEARING. (a) If the person requests a hearing, the department shall refer the matter to the State Office of Administrative Hearings, which shall promptly set a hearing date and give written notice of the time and place of the hearing to the person. An administrativ…

Sec. 248A.256. DECISION BY DEPARTMENT. (a) Based on the findings of fact, conclusions of law, and proposal for a decision, the department by order may: (1) find that a violation occurred and impose a penalty; or (2) find that a violation did not occur. (b) The notice of the depar…

Sec. 248A.257. OPTIONS FOLLOWING DECISION: PAY OR APPEAL. Not later than the 30th day after the date the order of the department imposing an administrative penalty under Section 248A.256 becomes final, the person shall: (1) pay the penalty; or (2) file a petition for judicial rev…

Sec. 248A.258. STAY OF ENFORCEMENT OF PENALTY. (a) Within the period prescribed by Section 248A.257, a person who files a petition for judicial review may: (1) stay enforcement of the penalty by: (A) paying the penalty to the court for placement in an escrow account in the court …

Sec. 248A.259. COLLECTION OF PENALTY. (a) If the person does not pay the penalty and the enforcement of the penalty is not stayed, the penalty may be collected. (b) The attorney general may sue to collect the penalty and may recover reasonable expenses, including attorney's fees,…

Sec. 248A.260. DECISION BY COURT. (a) If the court sustains the finding that a violation occurred, the court may uphold or reduce the amount of the penalty and order the person to pay the full or reduced amount of the penalty. (b) If the court does not sustain the finding that a …

Sec. 248A.261. REMITTANCE OF PENALTY AND INTEREST. (a) If the person paid the penalty and if the amount of the penalty is reduced or the penalty is not upheld by the court, the court shall order, when the court's judgment becomes final, that the appropriate amount plus accrued in…

Sec. 248A.262. RELEASE OF BOND. (a) If the person gave a supersedeas bond and the penalty is not upheld by the court, the court shall order, when the court's judgment becomes final, the release of the bond. (b) If the person gave a supersedeas bond and the amount of the penalty i…

Sec. 248A.263. ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE. A proceeding to impose the penalty is considered to be a contested case under Chapter 2001, Government Code. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1168 (S.B. 492), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2015.