{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-81b.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81B.003","heading":"PROHIBITED PRICE GOUGING DURING DESIGNATED PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTER PERIOD.","body":"During a designated public health disaster period, a medical staffing services agency to which this chapter applies may not, in an area subject to the declared state of disaster:\n(1) provide medical staffing services to a health care organization or other entity in this state at an exorbitant or excessive price; or\n(2) demand or charge an exorbitant or excessive price to provide medical staffing services to a health care organization or other entity in this state.\nAdded by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1029 (S.B. 401), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 2. HEALTH","SUBTITLE D. PREVENTION, CONTROL, AND REPORTS OF DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES","CHAPTER 81B. PRICE GOUGING OF MEDICAL STAFFING SERVICES DURING DESIGNATED PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTER PERIOD"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.81B.htm#81B.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"ab3f9495a4bfc617f74cb7f1570e219401905b9f62904ade88a58bd9dee17b72","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-81b.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-81b.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}