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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a lien on a cause of action or claim of an individual who |
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receives emergency medical services in certain counties. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 55.002(c), Property Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(c) An emergency medical services provider has a lien on a |
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cause of action or claim of an individual who receives emergency |
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medical services in a county with a population of one million |
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[575,000] or less for injuries caused by an accident that is |
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attributed to the negligence of another person. For the lien to |
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attach, the individual must receive the emergency medical services |
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not later than 72 hours after the accident. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to emergency medical services provided by an emergency medical |
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services provider on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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Emergency medical services provided by an emergency medical |
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services provider before the effective date of this Act are |
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governed by the law in effect at the time the services were |
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provided, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |