82R2697 PMO-D
By: Pena H.B. No. 3768
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a lien on a cause of action or claim of an individual who
receives emergency medical services in certain counties.
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 one million
[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 by an emergency medical
services provider on or after the effective date of this Act.
Emergency medical services provided by an emergency medical
services provider before the effective date of this Act are
governed by the law in effect at the time the services were
provided, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.