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TITLE 26HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 509FREESTANDING EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE FACILITIES
SUBCHAPTER EENFORCEMENT
RULE §509.102Denial of a License

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) has jurisdiction to enforce violations of the Act and this chapter. HHSC may deny a license if the applicant:

  (1) fails to provide timely and sufficient information required by HHSC that is directly related to the application; or

  (2) has had the following actions taken against the applicant within the two-year period preceding the application:

    (A) decertification or cancellation of its contract under the Medicare or Medicaid program in any state;

    (B) federal Medicare or state Medicaid sanctions or penalties;

    (C) unsatisfied federal or state tax liens;

    (D) unsatisfied final judgments;

    (E) eviction involving any property or space used as a freestanding emergency medical care (FEMC) facility in any state;

    (F) unresolved federal Medicare or state Medicaid audit exceptions;

    (G) denial, suspension, or revocation of an FEMC facility license, a hospital license, a private psychiatric hospital license, or a license for any health care facility in any state; or

    (H) a court injunction prohibiting ownership or operation of a facility.


Source Note: The provisions of this §509.102 adopted to be effective December 4, 2023, 48 TexReg 7064

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