Bill Text: TX HB2064 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to the amount of a hospital or physician lien on certain causes of action or claims.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-16 - Effective immediately [HB2064 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2064-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to the amount of a hospital or physician lien on certain causes of action or claims.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-16 - Effective immediately [HB2064 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2064-Engrossed.html
87R16442 MWC-F | ||
By: Leach | H.B. No. 2064 |
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relating to the amount of a hospital or physician lien on certain | ||
causes of action or claims. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 55.004(b), Property Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) A hospital lien described by Section 55.002(a) is for | ||
the lesser of: | ||
(1) the amount of the hospital's charges for services | ||
provided to the injured individual during the first 100 days of the | ||
injured individual's hospitalization less the pro rata share of | ||
attorney's fees and expenses the injured individual incurred in | ||
pursuing the claim; [ |
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(2) 50 percent of all amounts recovered by the injured | ||
individual through a cause of action, judgment, or settlement | ||
described by Section 55.003(a) less the pro rata share of | ||
attorney's fees and expenses the injured individual incurred in | ||
pursuing the claim; or | ||
(3) the amount awarded by the trier of fact for the | ||
services provided to the injured individual by the hospital less | ||
the pro rata share of attorney's fees and expenses the injured | ||
individual incurred in pursuing the claim. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to a lien for services provided to an injured individual on or after | ||
the effective date of this Act. A lien for services provided before | ||
the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect | ||
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, 2021. |