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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the extension of credit to an individual who incurs debt |
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for necessary medical treatment. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 341.401(a), Finance Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) An authorized lender or other person involved in a |
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transaction subject to this title may not deny to an individual who |
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has the capacity to contract an extension of credit, including a |
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loan, in the individual's name or restrict or limit the credit |
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extended: |
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(1) because of sex, race, color, religion, national |
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origin, marital status, or age; |
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(2) because all or part of the individual's income |
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derives from a public assistance program in the form of social |
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security or supplemental income; [or] |
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(3) because the individual has in good faith exercised |
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a right under the Consumer Credit Protection Act (15 U.S.C. Section |
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1601 et seq.; 18 U.S.C. et seq.); or |
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(4) because the individual has incurred debt for |
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medical treatment for a life-threatening condition, without which |
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death would likely result, if the individual provides a statement |
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from a medical treatment provider that the debt was incurred for |
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medical treatment for a life-threatening condition. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |