89R2961 AB-D
By: Harris Davila H.B. No. 216
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to itemized billing for health care services and supplies
provided by health care providers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 185.002, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) to
read as follows:
(c) Except as provided by Subsection (c-1), a [A] health
care provider may issue the itemized bill electronically, including
through a patient portal on the provider's Internet website.
(c-1) A health care provider that issues an itemized bill to
a patient electronically through a patient portal under Subsection
(c) shall:
(1) determine whether the patient has created a
patient profile on the portal; and
(2) if the health care provider determines that the
patient has not created a patient portal, mail a copy of the
itemized bill to the patient.
SECTION 2. Section 185.003, Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 185.003. DISCIPLINARY ACTION BY LICENSING
AUTHORITY. The appropriate licensing authority shall take
disciplinary action against a health care [the] provider that
violates this chapter [for the violation] as if the provider
violated an applicable licensing law.
SECTION 3. Section 185.002, Health and Safety Code, as
amended by this Act, applies only to an itemized bill issued on or
after the effective date of this Act. An itemized bill issued before
the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on
the date the itemized bill was issued, and the former law is
continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.