89R3034 AB-D
By: Hughes S.B. No. 1269
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to provision to a patient of an itemized bill for health
care services and supplies.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 185.002(c) and (d), Health and Safety
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(c) A health care provider may issue the itemized bill:
(1) electronically, including through a patient
portal on the provider's Internet website;
(2) through a hard copy delivered by mail or a common
carrier; or
(3) through a hard copy the patient or the patient's
designee obtains at the provider's place of business.
(d) A patient is entitled to obtain from the health care
provider an itemized bill:
(1) on request at any time after the itemized bill is
initially issued under Subsection (a); and
(2) through the patient's chosen method of issuance in
accordance with Subsection (c).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.