84R9081 AJA-F
By: Kuempel H.B. No. 1862
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to notice of hospital and emergency medical services
liens.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 55.005(d), Property Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(d) Except as provided by Subsection (e), not later than the
fifth business day after the date a hospital or emergency medical
services provider files the notice of lien under Subsection (a)
[receives notice from the county clerk that a notice of lien filed
under Subsection (a)(2) has been recorded in the county records],
the hospital or emergency medical services provider must send a
written notice to the injured individual or the injured
individual's legal representative, by regular mail, to the
individual's last known address, informing the individual that:
(1) the lien will attach to any cause of action or
claim the individual may have against another person for the
individual's injuries; and
(2) the lien does not attach to real property owned by
the individual.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a lien for services provided to an injured individual on or after
the effective date of this Act. A lien for services provided before
the effective date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed
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, 2015.