86R12716 BEE-F
By: Hancock S.B. No. 1159
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to hospital liens.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 55, Property Code, is amended by adding
Section 55.0015 to read as follows:
Sec. 55.0015. ADMISSION TO HOSPITAL. For purposes of this
chapter, an injured individual is considered admitted to a hospital
if the individual is allowed access to any department of the
hospital for the provision of any treatment, care, or service to the
individual.
SECTION 2. The addition by this Act of Section 55.0015,
Property Code, is intended to clarify rather than change the
existing law.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2019.