1-1 By: Maxey (Senate Sponsor - Ellis) H.B. No. 871
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 1995;
1-3 May 11, 1995, read first time and referred to Committee on Health
1-4 and Human Services; May 23, 1995, reported favorably by the
1-5 following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 23, 1995, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to securing a hospital lien.
1-9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-10 SECTION 1. Section 55.005(a), Property Code, is amended to
1-11 read as follows:
1-12 (a) To secure the lien, a hospital must file written notice
1-13 of the lien with the county clerk of the county in which the
1-14 hospital services were provided <injury occurred>. The notice must
1-15 be filed before money is paid to an entitled person because of the
1-16 injury.
1-17 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the
1-18 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-19 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-20 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-21 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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