Tex. Health & Safety Code § 252.095 · Subchapter D. TRUSTEES FOR FACILITIES
EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FEE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In addition to the licensing and renewal fee collected under Section 252.034, the department may collect an annual fee to be used to make emergency assistance money available to a facility licensed under this chapter.
(b) The fee collected under this section shall be in the amount prescribed by Section 242.097(c) and shall be deposited to the credit of the nursing and convalescent home trust fund established under Section 242.096.
(c) The department may disburse money to a trustee for a facility licensed under this chapter to alleviate an immediate threat to the health or safety of the facility's residents. Payments under this section may include payments described by Section 242.096(b).
(d) A court may order the department to disburse emergency assistance money to a trustee for a facility licensed under this chapter if the court makes the findings provided by Section 242.096(c).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 693, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0792, 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.252.htm
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Health and Safety Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 242.096NURSING AND CONVALESCENT HOME TRUST FUND AND EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FUNDS.Printed as Section 242.096 | Section 242.096(b) | Section 242.096(c)
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 242.097ADDITIONAL LICENSE FEE--NURSING AND CONVALESCENT HOMES.Printed as Section 242.097(c)
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 252.034LICENSE FEES.Printed as Section 252.034
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