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| 1 | 1 | 89R9208 MCF-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Howard H.B. No. 4118 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to the payment of an award for certain health care expenses | |
| 10 | 10 | under the Crime Victims' Compensation Act. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Article 56B.104, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | |
| 13 | 13 | amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | (e) Notwithstanding any other law, not later than the 10th | |
| 15 | 15 | day after the date on which an application for compensation | |
| 16 | 16 | described by Article 56B.051 is filed, the attorney general shall | |
| 17 | 17 | award compensation to the victim or claimant in the amount of any | |
| 18 | 18 | copays paid for health care services obtained as a result of the | |
| 19 | 19 | criminally injurious conduct. | |
| 20 | 20 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 21 | 21 | to an application for compensation under Chapter 56B, Code of | |
| 22 | 22 | Criminal Procedure, filed on or after the effective date of this | |
| 23 | 23 | Act. An application for compensation filed before the effective | |
| 24 | 24 | date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the | |
| 25 | 25 | application was filed, and the former law is continued in effect for | |
| 26 | 26 | that purpose. | |
| 27 | 27 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |