FAILURE TO REPORT; CIVIL PENALTY
Known as the Communicable Disease Prevention and Control Act
The act spans §§ 81–81 (155 sections).
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 863 (S.B. 968), Sec. 12, eff
(a) A health care facility that fails to submit a report required by the department under a public health disaster is liable to this state for a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 for each failure.
(b) The attorney general at the request of the department may bring an action to collect a civil penalty imposed under this section.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.