By: White H.B. No. 2891
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to recovery of attorney's fees against veterinarians for
  certain claims.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  S
  ection 38.006, Civil Practice and Remedies
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 38.006.  EXCEPTIONS. (a)  This chapter does not apply
  to a contract issued by an insurer that is subject to the provisions
  of:
               (1)  Title 11, Insurance Code;
               (2)  Chapter 541, Insurance Code;
               (3)  the Unfair Claim Settlement Practices Act
  (Subchapter A, Chapter 542, Insurance Code); or
               (4)  Subchapter B, Chapter 542, Insurance Code.
         (b)  A person may not recover attorney's fees against a
  veterinarian licensed under Chapter 801, Occupations Code, in a
  claim for killed or injured stock resulting from veterinary
  malpractice or negligence.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to a cause of action that accrues on or after the effective date of
  this Act. A cause of action that accrues before the effective date
  of this Act is governed by the law applicable to the cause of action
  immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is
  continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2019.