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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to itemized billing for health care services and supplies |
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provided by health care providers. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 185.002, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) to |
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read as follows: |
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(c) Except as provided by Subsection (c-1), a [A] health |
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care provider may issue the itemized bill electronically, including |
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through a patient portal on the provider's Internet website. |
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(c-1) A health care provider that issues an itemized bill to |
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a patient electronically through a patient portal under Subsection |
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(c) shall: |
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(1) determine whether the patient has created a |
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patient profile on the portal; and |
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(2) if the health care provider determines that the |
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patient has not created a patient portal, mail a copy of the |
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itemized bill to the patient. |
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SECTION 2. Section 185.003, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 185.003. DISCIPLINARY ACTION BY LICENSING |
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AUTHORITY. The appropriate licensing authority shall take |
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disciplinary action against a health care [the] provider that |
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violates this chapter [for the violation] as if the provider |
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violated an applicable licensing law. |
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SECTION 3. Section 185.002, Health and Safety Code, as |
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amended by this Act, applies only to an itemized bill issued on or |
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after the effective date of this Act. An itemized bill issued before |
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the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on |
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the date the itemized bill was issued, and the former law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |