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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE |
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Title 4. HEALTH FACILITIES |
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Subtitle B. LICENSING OF HEALTH FACILITIES |
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Chapter 241. HOSPITALS |
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Subchapter B. HOSPITAL LICENSES |
Sec. 241.025. LICENSE FEES
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(a) The department shall charge each hospital an annual license fee for an initial license or a license renewal.
(b) The board by rule shall adopt the fees authorized by Subsection (a) according to a schedule under which the number of beds in the hospital determines the amount of the fee. The fee may not exceed $15 a bed. A minimum license fee may be established. The minimum fee may not exceed $1,000.
(c) A fee adopted under this chapter must be based on the estimated cost to and level of effort expended by the department to conduct the activity for which the fee is imposed.
(d) All license fees collected shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the department to administer and enforce this chapter. These fees are hereby appropriated to the department.
(e) Notwithstanding Subsection (d), to the extent that money received from the fees collected under this chapter exceeds the costs to the department to conduct the activity for which the fee is imposed, the department may use the money to administer Chapter 324 and similar laws that require the department to provide information related to hospital care to the public. The department may not consider the costs of administering Chapter 324 or similar laws in adopting a fee imposed under this section.