Sec. 81.0815. FAILURE TO REPORT; CIVIL PENALTY. (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.
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 863 (S.B. 968), Sec. 12, eff. June 16, 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 E. Control; Public Health Disasters; Public Health Emergencies
Section 81.081. Department's Duty
Section 81.0813. Authority to Declare Public Health Disaster or Order Public Health Emergency
Section 81.0814. Consultation With Task Force on Infectious Disease Preparedness and Response
Section 81.0815. Failure to Report; Civil Penalty
Section 81.082. Administration of Control Measures
Section 81.0821. Legislative Public Health Oversight Board
Section 81.083. Application of Control Measures to Individual
Section 81.084. Application of Control Measures to Property
Section 81.085. Area Quarantine; Criminal Penalty
Section 81.087. Violation of Control Measure Orders; Criminal Penalty
Section 81.088. Removal, Alteration, or Destruction of Quarantine Devices; Criminal Penalty
Section 81.089. Transportation; Criminal Penalty
Section 81.090. Diagnostic Testing During Pregnancy and After Birth
Section 81.091. Ophthalmia Neonatorum Prevention; Criminal Penalty
Section 81.092. Contracts for Services
Section 81.093. Persons Prosecuted for Certain Crimes
Section 81.094. Testing by Hospitals of Persons Indicted for Certain Crimes
Section 81.095. Testing for Accidental Exposure
Section 81.0955. Testing for Accidental Exposure Involving a Deceased Person