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| 1 | 1 | 87R6829 MCF-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Klick H.B. No. 3031 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to prohibited billing practices by certain health care | |
| 8 | 8 | providers. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Sections 311.0025(a) and (b), Health and Safety | |
| 11 | 11 | Code, are amended to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (a) A hospital, treatment facility, mental health facility, | |
| 13 | 13 | or health care professional may not: | |
| 14 | 14 | (1) flagrantly overcharge a patient or third party | |
| 15 | 15 | payor for a treatment provided to the patient; or | |
| 16 | 16 | (2) submit to a patient or a third party payor a bill | |
| 17 | 17 | for a treatment that the hospital, facility, or professional knows | |
| 18 | 18 | was not provided or knows was improper, unreasonable, or medically | |
| 19 | 19 | or clinically unnecessary. | |
| 20 | 20 | (b) If the appropriate licensing agency receives a | |
| 21 | 21 | complaint alleging a violation of Subsection (a)(2) [(a)], the | |
| 22 | 22 | agency may audit the billings and patient records of the hospital, | |
| 23 | 23 | treatment facility, mental health facility, or health care | |
| 24 | 24 | professional. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |