Sec. 773.116. FEES

(a) The bureau shall charge a fee to a health care facility that applies for initial or continuing designation as a trauma facility.

(b) The board by rule shall set the amount of the fee schedule for initial or continuing designation as a trauma facility according to the number of beds in the health care facility. The amount of the fee may not exceed:

(1) $5,000 for a Level I or II facility;

(2) $2,500 for a Level III facility; or

(3) $1,000 for a Level IV facility.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 198, Sec. 2.84(l).

(d) To the extent feasible, the board by rule shall set the fee in an amount necessary for the department to recover the cost directly related to designating trauma facilities under this subchapter.

(e) This section does not restrict the authority of a health care facility to provide a service for which it has received a license under other state law.

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 267, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Redesignated from Health & Safety Code Sec. 773.086 by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 605, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 198, Sec. 2.84(k), (l), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.