Texas Health and Safety Code - HEALTH & SAFETY § 322.054. Retaliation Prohibited

(a) A facility may not discharge or otherwise retaliate against:

(b) A health and human services agency that registers or otherwise licenses or certifies a facility may:

(c) A health and human services agency that regulates a facility and that is authorized to impose an administrative penalty against the facility under other law may impose an administrative penalty against the facility for violating Subsection (a). Each day a violation continues or occurs is a separate violation for purposes of imposing a penalty. The amount of the penalty may not exceed the maximum amount that the agency may impose against the facility under the other law. The agency must follow the procedures it would follow in imposing an administrative penalty against the facility under the other law.

(d) A facility may contest and appeal the imposition of an administrative penalty under Subsection (c) by following the same procedures the facility would follow in contesting or appealing an administrative penalty imposed against the facility by the agency under the other law.