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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 164.005

CONDITIONING EMPLOYEE OR AGENT RELATIONSHIPS ON PATIENT REVENUE

Known as the Treatment Facilities Marketing Practices Act

The act spans §§ 164–164 (14 sections).

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 705, Sec. 2.01, eff

A treatment facility may not permit or provide compensation or anything of value to its employees or agents, condition employment or continued employment of its employees or agents, set its employee or agent performance standards, or condition its employee or agent evaluations, based on:

(1) the number of patient admissions resulting from an employee's or agent's efforts;

(2) the number or frequency of telephone calls or other contacts with referral sources or patients if the purpose of the telephone calls or contacts is to solicit patients for the treatment facility; or

(3) the existence of or volume of determinations made respecting the length of patient stay.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.