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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to notice of the cash price of certain health care services |
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by certain 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. DISCLOSURE OF CASH PRICE. (a) In this |
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section, "hospital" means a hospital: |
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(1) licensed under Chapter 241; or |
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(2) owned or operated by this state or an agency of |
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this state. |
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(b) A hospital shall disclose the hospital's cash price for |
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each health care service regularly provided by the hospital. The |
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required disclosure must be made: |
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(1) by posting the prices on the Internet website of |
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the hospital; or |
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(2) if the hospital does not have an Internet website, |
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by providing the prices in writing on request to any person. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |