82R18330 AJA-D
 
  By: Gonzales of Hidalgo, Laubenberg H.B. No. 3337
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3337:
 
  By:  Kolkhorst C.S.H.B. No. 3337
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the emergency medical services that give rise to an
  emergency medical services lien.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 55.002(c), Property Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (c)  An emergency medical services provider has a lien on a
  cause of action or claim of an individual who receives emergency
  medical services in a county with a population of 800,000 [575,000]
  or less for injuries caused by an accident that is attributed to the
  negligence of another person. For the lien to attach, the
  individual must receive the emergency medical services not later
  than 72 hours after the accident.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.