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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to provision to a patient of an itemized bill for health |
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care services and supplies. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 185.002(c) and (d), Health and Safety |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(c) A health care provider may issue the itemized bill: |
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(1) electronically, including through a patient |
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portal on the provider's Internet website; |
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(2) through a hard copy delivered by mail or a common |
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carrier; or |
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(3) through a hard copy the patient or the patient's |
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designee obtains at the provider's place of business. |
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(d) A patient is entitled to obtain from the health care |
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provider an itemized bill: |
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(1) on request at any time after the itemized bill is |
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initially issued under Subsection (a); and |
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(2) through the patient's chosen method of issuance in |
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accordance with Subsection (c). |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |