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| 1 | 1 | By: Gonzales of Hidalgo, Laubenberg H.B. No. 3337 | |
| 2 | 2 | (Senate Sponsor - Hinojosa) | |
| 3 | 3 | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2011; | |
| 4 | 4 | May 9, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on State | |
| 5 | 5 | Affairs; May 19, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote: | |
| 6 | 6 | Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 19, 2011, sent to printer.) | |
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| 9 | 9 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 10 | 10 | AN ACT | |
| 11 | 11 | relating to the emergency medical services that give rise to an | |
| 12 | 12 | emergency medical services lien. | |
| 13 | 13 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 14 | 14 | SECTION 1. Section 55.002(c), Property Code, is amended to | |
| 15 | 15 | read as follows: | |
| 16 | 16 | (c) An emergency medical services provider has a lien on a | |
| 17 | 17 | cause of action or claim of an individual who receives emergency | |
| 18 | 18 | medical services in a county with a population of 800,000 [575,000] | |
| 19 | 19 | or less for injuries caused by an accident that is attributed to the | |
| 20 | 20 | negligence of another person. For the lien to attach, the | |
| 21 | 21 | individual must receive the emergency medical services not later | |
| 22 | 22 | than 72 hours after the accident. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | |
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