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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to notice of hospital and emergency medical services |
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liens. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 55.005(d), Property Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(d) Except as provided by Subsection (e), not later than the |
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fifth business day after the date a hospital or emergency medical |
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services provider files the notice of lien under Subsection (a) |
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[receives notice from the county clerk that a notice of lien filed
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under Subsection (a)(2) has been recorded in the county records], |
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the hospital or emergency medical services provider must send a |
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written notice to the injured individual or the injured |
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individual's legal representative, by regular mail, to the |
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individual's last known address, informing the individual that: |
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(1) the lien will attach to any cause of action or |
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claim the individual may have against another person for the |
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individual's injuries; and |
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(2) the lien does not attach to real property owned by |
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the individual. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a lien for services provided to an injured individual on or after |
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the effective date of this Act. A lien for services provided before |
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the effective date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed |
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immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |