Sec. 577.006. FEES

(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) The board by rule shall adopt fees for hospital plan reviews according to a schedule under which the amounts of the fees are based on the estimated construction costs.

(d) The fees imposed under the schedule may not exceed the following:

Cost of Construction

Fee

(1) $ 100,000 or less

$ 500

(2) $ 100,001 - $ 600,000

$1,500

(3) $ 600,001 - $ 2,000,000

$3,000

(4) $ 2,000,001 - $ 5,000,000

$4,500

(5) $ 5,000,001 - $10,000,000

$6,000

(6) $ 10,000,001 and over

$7,500

(e) The department shall charge a fee for field surveys of construction plans reviewed under this section. The board by rule shall adopt a fee schedule for the surveys that provides a minimum fee of $500 and a maximum fee of $1,000 for each survey conducted.

(f) The department annually shall review the fee schedules to ensure that the fees charged are based on the estimated costs to and level of effort expended by the department.

(g) The department may establish staggered license renewal dates and dates on which fees are due.

(h) 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.

(i) 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 may be appropriated only to the department.

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1411, Sec. 8.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.