Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81B.003
This is the official text of Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81B.003, part of Texas’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health and safety regulation.
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§ 81B.003. PROHIBITED PRICE GOUGING DURING DESIGNATED PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTER PERIOD.
Official statutory text
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.
(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.
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