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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to notice of discount of certain charges by certain |
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hospitals. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 311, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 311.0015 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 311.0015. NOTICE OF DISCOUNTS. (a) In this section, |
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"hospital" means a hospital owned or operated by this state or a |
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political subdivision of this state. |
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(b) A hospital that discounts a billed charge for a health |
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care service for a patient who pays cash for the service must notify |
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patients of that discounted price for the service, including a |
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patient who is covered by a health benefit plan in which a |
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third-party payor, including an insurer, pays all or part of the |
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price of the service. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |