Texas HB3865 mandates that residential facilities disclose health care services in advertisements and imposes a civil penalty for non-compliance.

Texas HB3865 amends the Health and Safety Code to add a new chapter regulating advertising by residential facilities. The bill defines "residential facility" as a group home or other facility licensed by the Health and Human Services Commission, including those under a Medicaid waiver. It requires these facilities to disclose in any advertisement whether they offer health care services and, if so, to accurately identify those services. Facilities that fail to comply face a civil penalty of up to $10,000 per violation, with the attorney general authorized to bring suit to recover the penalty.

Texas HB3865 mandates that residential facilities disclose health care services in advertisements and imposes a civil penalty for non-compliance.

Texas HB3865 amends the Health and Safety Code to add a new chapter regulating advertising by residential facilities. The bill defines "residential facility" as a group home or other facility licensed by the Health and Human Services Commission, including those under a Medicaid waiver. It requires these facilities to disclose in any advertisement whether they offer health care services and, if so, to accurately identify those services. Facilities that fail to comply face a civil penalty of up to $10,000 per violation, with the attorney general authorized to bring suit to recover the penalty.