Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.0495: FAILURE TO REPORT; CIVIL PENALTY.

Where this section sits in the code

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
TITLE 2. HEALTH
SUBTITLE D. PREVENTION, CONTROL, AND REPORTS OF DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES
CHAPTER 81. COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTERS; PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES
SUBCHAPTER C. REPORTS AND REPORTABLE DISEASES

(a) The department may impose a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 on a health care facility for each failure to submit a report required under this subchapter.

(b) The attorney general may bring an action to recover a civil penalty imposed under Subsection (a).

Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 864 (S.B. 969), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2021.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:17Z. Source file · JSON

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