| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Filed February 28, 2025; March 13, 2025, |
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| 3 | + | read first time and referred to Committee on Health & Human |
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| 4 | + | Services; April 14, 2025, reported favorably by the following |
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| 5 | + | vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 14, 2025, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 6 | 11 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 7 | 12 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 13 | | relating to notice provided by a health care provider before |
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| 9 | 14 | | initiating debt collection against a patient. |
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| 10 | 15 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 16 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 185, Health and Safety Code, is amended |
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| 12 | 17 | | by adding Section 185.004 to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 18 | | Sec. 185.004. REQUIRED NOTICE OF DEBT COLLECTION. A health |
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| 14 | 19 | | care provider that intends to pursue debt collection for a health |
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| 15 | 20 | | care service or supply provided to a patient shall provide written |
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| 16 | 21 | | notice to the patient at least 60 days before the date the provider |
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| 17 | 22 | | initiates debt collection. |
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| 18 | 23 | | SECTION 2. Section 185.004, Health and Safety Code, as |
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| 19 | 24 | | added by this Act, applies only to debt collection initiated on or |
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| 20 | 25 | | after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 21 | 26 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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