Bill Text: TX HB2064 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
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-Enrolled.html
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; [ |
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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); or | ||
(3) if the trier of fact specifies the amount awarded | ||
for hospital charges for services provided to the injured | ||
individual, 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 reasonable 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. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2064 was passed by the House on May 6, | ||
2021, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 2064 on May 28, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, | ||
1 present, not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2064 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 26, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays | ||
4. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |