Tex. Health & Safety Code § 242.072 · Subchapter C. GENERAL ENFORCEMENT
OTHER REMEDIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If the department finds that an institution has committed an act for which a civil penalty may be imposed under Section 242.065, the department may, as appropriate under the circumstances, order the institution to immediately suspend admissions.
(b) A suspension of admissions ordered under Subsection (a) is effective on the date a representative of the institution receives notice of the order and of the manner in which the order may be appealed. The department must provide an opportunity for a hearing with respect to an appeal of the order not later than the 14th day after the date the suspension becomes effective.
(c) During the period that an institution is ordered to suspend admissions, the institution shall post a notice of the suspension on all doors providing ingress to and egress from the institution. The notice shall be posted in the form required by the department.
(d) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly:
(1) violates Subsection (c); or
(2) removes a notice posted under Subsection (c) before the facility is allowed to admit residents.
(e) An offense under Subsection (d) is a Class C misdemeanor.
(f) A court having jurisdiction of a judicial review of the matter may not order arbitration, whether on motion of any party or on the court's own motion, to resolve a dispute involving an order suspending admissions under this section or the conduct with respect to which the order suspending admissions is sought.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1159, Sec. 1.19, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1094, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0622, eff. April 2, 2015.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.242.htm
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- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 242.042POSTING.Printed as Section 242.072(c)
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 242.066ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY.Printed as Section 242.072(c)
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 242.268NO ARBITRATION IN CASE OF EMERGENCY ORDER OR CLOSING ORDER.Printed as Section 242.062 or 242.072 | Section 242.072
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