2024 Texas Statutes
Health and Safety Code
Title 4 - Health Facilities
Subtitle F - Powers and Duties of Hospitals
Chapter 314A - Merger Agreements Among Certain Hospitals
Subchapter E. Attorney General Investigation and Enforcement Authority
Section 314A.201. Civil Investigative Demand

Universal Citation:
TX Health & Safety Code § 314A.201 (2024)
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Sec. 314A.201. CIVIL INVESTIGATIVE DEMAND. (a) The attorney general, at any time after an application is filed under Section 314A.052 and before the designated agency makes a determination on the application, or in connection with the agency's annual review of a certificate of public advantage under Section 314A.059, may require by civil investigative demand the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of documents in Travis County or the county in which the applicants are located for the purpose of investigating whether the merger agreement satisfies or, after issuance of the certificate of public advantage, continues to satisfy the standard prescribed by Section 314A.056(a)(1).

(b) All nonpublic documents produced for and testimony given to the attorney general under Subsection (a) are subject to the prohibitions on disclosure and use under Section 15.10(i), Business & Commerce Code.

(c) The attorney general may seek an order from the district court compelling compliance with a civil investigative demand issued under this section.

Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1168 (H.B. 3301), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.

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