82R13980 AJA-D
By: Gonzales of Hidalgo H.B. No. 3337
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the emergency medical services that give rise to an
emergency medical services lien.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 55.002(c), Property Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) An emergency medical services provider has a lien on a
cause of action or claim of an individual who receives emergency
medical services [in a county with a population of 575,000 or less]
for injuries caused by an accident that is attributed to the
negligence of another person. For the lien to attach, the
individual must receive the emergency medical services not later
than 72 hours after the accident.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to emergency medical services provided on or after the effective
date of this Act. Emergency medical services provided before the
effective date of this Act are governed by the law in effect
immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is
continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.