87R6829 MCF-F
By: Klick H.B. No. 3031
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to prohibited billing practices by certain health care
providers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 311.0025(a) and (b), Health and Safety
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) A hospital, treatment facility, mental health facility,
or health care professional may not:
(1) flagrantly overcharge a patient or third party
payor for a treatment provided to the patient; or
(2) submit to a patient or a third party payor a bill
for a treatment that the hospital, facility, or professional knows
was not provided or knows was improper, unreasonable, or medically
or clinically unnecessary.
(b) If the appropriate licensing agency receives a
complaint alleging a violation of Subsection (a)(2) [(a)], the
agency may audit the billings and patient records of the hospital,
treatment facility, mental health facility, or health care
professional.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.