Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 1693	House Author:  Smithee
Effective:  9-1-19	Senate Sponsor:  Hughes

            House Bill 1693 amends the Civil Practice and Remedies Code to revise the deadlines by which a copy of an affidavit or counteraffidavit concerning cost and necessity of services must be served by a party offering the affidavit or counteraffidavit in evidence in a civil action and to require the party to file notice with the court clerk when serving the copy. The bill clarifies that such an affidavit is not evidence of and does not support a finding of the causation element of the cause of action that is the basis for the civil action and prohibits use of the counteraffidavit to controvert that causation element.