79R3417 AJA-F
By: Taylor H.B. No. 1774
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to prices charged for the provision of health care
services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 552.001, Insurance Code, as effective
April 1, 2005, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 552.001. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. This chapter does
not apply to the provision of a health care service [to a:
[(1) Medicaid or Medicare patient; or
[(2) medically indigent person who qualifies for a
sliding fee scale].
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to charges for health care services provided on or after the
effective date of this Act. Charges for health care services
provided before the effective date of this Act are governed by the
law in effect immediately before that date, and that law is
continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.