By: Gonzales of Hidalgo, Laubenberg H.B. No. 3337
(Senate Sponsor - Hinojosa)
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2011;
May 9, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on State
Affairs; May 19, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 19, 2011, sent to printer.)
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 800,000 [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. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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