Sec. 102.002. REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION. It is a rebuttable presumption that a person violated Section 102.001 if:
(1) the person refers or accepts a referral of a patient to an inpatient mental health facility or chemical dependency treatment facility;
(2) before the patient is discharged or furloughed from the facility, the person pays the referring person or accepts payment from the facility for outpatient services to be provided by the referring person after the patient is discharged or furloughed from the facility; and
(3) the referring person does not provide the outpatient services for which payment was made and does not return to the facility the payment received for those services.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle A - Provisions Applying to Health Professions Generally
Chapter 102 - Solicitation of Patients
Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 102.001. Soliciting Patients; Offense
Section 102.002. Rebuttable Presumption
Section 102.003. Federal Law; Construction
Section 102.004. Applicability to Advertising
Section 102.005. Applicability to Certain Entities
Section 102.006. Failure to Disclose; Offense
Section 102.007. Applicability
Section 102.008. Disciplinary Action
Section 102.010. Civil Penalties
Section 102.011. Suit for Injunctive Relief or Assessment of Civil Penalty