Sec. 81.0495. FAILURE TO REPORT; CIVIL PENALTY. (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.
Structure Texas Statutes
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
Section 81.041. Reportable Diseases
Section 81.042. Persons Required to Report
Section 81.043. Records and Reports of Health Authority
Section 81.044. Reporting Procedures
Section 81.0443. Standardized Information Sharing Method
Section 81.0444. Hospital to Report
Section 81.0445. Provision of Information to Public During Public Health Disaster
Section 81.045. Reports of Death
Section 81.046. Confidentiality
Section 81.047. Epidemiological Reports
Section 81.048. Notification of Emergency Response Employee or Volunteer
Section 81.049. Failure to Report; Criminal Penalty
Section 81.0495. Failure to Report; Civil Penalty
Section 81.051. Partner Notification Programs; HIV Infection
Section 81.052. Reports and Analyses Concerning AIDS and HIV Infection