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| 1 | 1 | 89R3034 AB-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Harris Davila H.B. No. 208 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to provision to a patient of an itemized bill for health | |
| 10 | 10 | care services and supplies. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Sections 185.002(c) and (d), Health and Safety | |
| 13 | 13 | Code, are amended to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | (c) A health care provider may issue the itemized bill: | |
| 15 | 15 | (1) electronically, including through a patient | |
| 16 | 16 | portal on the provider's Internet website; | |
| 17 | 17 | (2) through a hard copy delivered by mail or a common | |
| 18 | 18 | carrier; or | |
| 19 | 19 | (3) through a hard copy the patient or the patient's | |
| 20 | 20 | designee obtains at the provider's place of business. | |
| 21 | 21 | (d) A patient is entitled to obtain from the health care | |
| 22 | 22 | provider an itemized bill: | |
| 23 | 23 | (1) on request at any time after the itemized bill is | |
| 24 | 24 | initially issued under Subsection (a); and | |
| 25 | 25 | (2) through the patient's chosen method of issuance in | |
| 26 | 26 | accordance with Subsection (c). | |
| 27 | 27 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |