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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to required disclosures by certain health care facilities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 324, Health and Safety Code, is amended |
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by adding Subchapter D to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER D. REQUIRED DISCLOSURES BY CERTAIN FACILITIES |
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Sec. 324.151. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter applies only |
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to: |
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(1) an ambulatory surgical center licensed under |
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Chapter 243; and |
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(2) a hospital licensed under Chapter 241. |
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Sec. 324.152. MANDATORY DISCLOSURE ON INTERNET WEBSITE. A |
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facility subject to this subchapter shall post on the facility's |
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Internet website: |
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(1) a listing of the health benefit plans in which the |
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facility is a participating provider in the health benefit plan's |
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provider network; and |
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(2) a statement informing consumers that: |
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(A) physician services provided in the facility |
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are not included in the facility's billed charges and the consumer |
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may receive a bill for medical services from a physician for the |
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amount unpaid by the consumer's health benefit plan; |
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(B) a physician who may provide services to the |
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consumer while the consumer is in the facility may not be a |
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participating provider with the same third-party payors as the |
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facility; and |
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(C) the consumer should contact the physician |
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arranging the facility services to determine if the physician is a |
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participating provider in the provider network of the consumer's |
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health benefit plan. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |