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Senate Bill 790 |
Senate Author: Zaffirini et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-21 |
House Sponsor: Howard |
Senate Bill 790 amends the Local Government Code to authorize a county and a municipality to elect to consider a health benefit plan payment towards a claim for ground or air ambulance services provided by the county or municipality as payment in full for those services, regardless of the amount the county or municipality charged for those services. If the county or municipality makes this election, it may not practice balance billing for such a claim. The bill also sets out a reporting requirement for a study to be conducted by the Texas Department of Insurance with respect to, among other matters, the balance billing practices of ground ambulance service providers.