Tex. Health & Safety Code § 81B.003 · Chapter 81B. PRICE GOUGING OF MEDICAL STAFFING SERVICES DURING DESIGNATED PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTER PERIOD
PROHIBITED PRICE GOUGING DURING DESIGNATED PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTER PERIOD.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
During a designated public health disaster period, a medical staffing services agency to which this chapter applies may not, in an area subject to the declared state of disaster:
(1) provide medical staffing services to a health care organization or other entity in this state at an exorbitant or excessive price; or
(2) demand or charge an exorbitant or excessive price to provide medical staffing services to a health care organization or other entity in this state.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1029 (S.B. 401), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.81B.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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