82R9029 AJA-D
By: Zedler H.B. No. 2452
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to disclosures regarding liability limits and malpractice
insurance and related coverage in connection with services provided
at health care institutions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 74, Civil Practice and
Remedies Code, is amended by adding Section 74.005 to read as
follows:
Sec. 74.005. NOTICE BY PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. Before a
health care institution that is owned or operated by the state or a
political subdivision of the state, including a hospital district,
provides health care or medical care to an individual, other than
emergency medical care, the institution must provide a written
notice to the individual that discloses:
(1) the liability limits applicable to a health care
liability claim against the institution under Chapter 101;
(2) the liability limits that would be applicable to a
health care liability claim against a private institution under
this chapter; and
(3) whether a physician or health care provider who
will be providing health care or medical care to the individual is
covered by malpractice insurance or another form of financial
responsibility described by Section 74.302(e) and the amounts of
that financial responsibility, if any.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to health care or medical care provided on or after the effective
date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.