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| 1 | 1 | 86R13039 JCG-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Bohac H.B. No. 3862 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to notice of the cash price of certain health care services | |
| 8 | 8 | by certain hospitals. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 311, Health and Safety | |
| 11 | 11 | Code, is amended by adding Section 311.0015 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 311.0015. DISCLOSURE OF CASH PRICE. (a) In this | |
| 13 | 13 | section, "hospital" means a hospital: | |
| 14 | 14 | (1) licensed under Chapter 241; or | |
| 15 | 15 | (2) owned or operated by this state or an agency of | |
| 16 | 16 | this state. | |
| 17 | 17 | (b) A hospital shall disclose the hospital's cash price for | |
| 18 | 18 | each health care service regularly provided by the hospital. The | |
| 19 | 19 | required disclosure must be made: | |
| 20 | 20 | (1) by posting the prices on the Internet website of | |
| 21 | 21 | the hospital; or | |
| 22 | 22 | (2) if the hospital does not have an Internet website, | |
| 23 | 23 | by providing the prices in writing on request to any person. | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |