| 1 | 1 | | 86R13327 SCL-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Dominguez H.B. No. 4036 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to billing requirements for certain health care |
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| 8 | 8 | | facilities. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 324, Health and Safety |
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| 11 | 11 | | Code, is amended by adding Section 324.1015 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 324.1015. BILLING STATEMENT; CIVIL LIABILITY. (a) A |
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| 13 | 13 | | facility's billing statement to a consumer must include: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (1) an itemized list of each health care service |
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| 15 | 15 | | provided to the consumer; |
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| 16 | 16 | | (2) an itemized list of each health care supply |
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| 17 | 17 | | provided to the consumer; and |
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| 18 | 18 | | (3) a list of each physician or other health care |
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| 19 | 19 | | practitioner licensed to provide health care in this state who |
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| 20 | 20 | | provided a health care service to the consumer. |
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| 21 | 21 | | (b) A consumer is not liable to a facility for any billed |
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| 22 | 22 | | charge on a billing statement that violates this section. If a |
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| 23 | 23 | | facility files a civil action against a consumer for a charge |
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| 24 | 24 | | described by this subsection and the consumer prevails in the |
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| 25 | 25 | | action, the consumer may recover reasonable attorney's fees and |
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| 26 | 26 | | costs. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 2. Section 324.1015, Health and Safety Code, as |
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| 28 | 28 | | added by this Act, applies only to a health care service provided on |
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| 29 | 29 | | or after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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