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1	1		By: Taylor of Galveston S.B. No. 2127
	2	+	(In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2017; March 28, 2017, read
	3	+	first time and referred to Committee on Business & Commerce;
	4	+	April 24, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
	5	+	Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 2; April 24, 2017,
	6	+	sent to printer.)
	7	+	Click here to see the committee vote
	8	+	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 2127 By: Nichols
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4	11		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
5	12		AN ACT
6	13		relating to limitations on the information reported by consumer
7	14		reporting agencies.
8	15		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	16		SECTION 1. Section 20.05, Business & Commerce Code, is
10	17		amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d) to
11	18		read as follows:
12	19		(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a consumer
13	20		reporting agency may not furnish a consumer report containing
14	21		information related to:
15	22		(1) a case under Title 11 of the United States Code or
16	23		under the federal Bankruptcy Act in which the date of entry of the
17	24		order for relief or the date of adjudication predates the consumer
18	25		report by more than 10 years;
19	26		(2) a suit or judgment in which the date of entry
20	27		predates the consumer report by more than seven years or the
21	28		governing statute of limitations, whichever is longer;
22	29		(3) a tax lien in which the date of payment predates
23	30		the consumer report by more than seven years;
24	31		(4) a record of arrest, indictment, or conviction of a
25	32		crime in which the date of disposition, release, or parole predates
26	33		the consumer report by more than seven years; [or]
27	34		(5) a collection account with a medical industry code,
28	35		if the consumer was covered by a health benefit plan at the time of
29	36		the event giving rise to the collection and the collection is for an
30	37		outstanding balance, after copayments, deductibles, and
31	38		coinsurance, owed to an emergency care provider or a facility-based
32	39		provider for an out-of-network benefit claim; or
33	40		(6) another item or event that predates the consumer
34	41		report by more than seven years.
35	42		(d) In this section:
36	43		(1) "Emergency care provider" means a physician,
37	44		health care practitioner, facility, or other health care provider
38	45		who provides emergency care.
39	46		(2) "Facility" has the meaning assigned by Section
40	47		324.001, Health and Safety Code.
41	48		(3) "Facility-based provider" means a physician,
42	49		health care practitioner, or other health care provider who
43	50		provides health care or medical services to patients of a facility.
44	51		(4) "Health care practitioner" means an individual who
45	52		is licensed to provide health care services.
46	53		SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
47	54		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
48	55		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
49	56		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
50	57		Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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