By: Parker S.B. No. 1784
(In the Senate - Filed February 28, 2025; March 13, 2025,
read first time and referred to Committee on Health & Human
Services; April 14, 2025, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 14, 2025, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to notice provided by a health care provider before
initiating debt collection against a patient.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 185, Health and Safety Code, is amended
by adding Section 185.004 to read as follows:
Sec. 185.004. REQUIRED NOTICE OF DEBT COLLECTION. A health
care provider that intends to pursue debt collection for a health
care service or supply provided to a patient shall provide written
notice to the patient at least 60 days before the date the provider
initiates debt collection.
SECTION 2. Section 185.004, Health and Safety Code, as
added by this Act, applies only to debt collection initiated on or
after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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