Bill Text: TX HB4069 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled


Bill Title: Relating to the required disclosure of prices by a veterinarian before providing emergency treatment to an ill or injured animal.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2023-06-11 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB4069 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB4069-Enrolled.html
 
 
  H.B. No. 4069
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the required disclosure of prices by a veterinarian
  before providing emergency treatment to an ill or injured animal.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter H, Chapter 801, Occupations Code, is
  amended by adding Section 801.3581 to read as follows:
         Sec. 801.3581.  PRICE TRANSPARENCY FOR EMERGENCY CARE. (a)
  The board shall adopt rules to require a veterinarian to disclose to
  the owner or other caretaker of an animal the following information
  before providing emergency treatment to an ill or injured animal:
               (1)  a description of the proposed treatment; and
               (2)  the estimated price of the proposed treatment.
         (b)  Rules adopted under this section must ensure the
  veterinarian has a reasonable opportunity to:
               (1)  assess the animal's condition and develop proposed
  options for treatment before providing the information described by
  Subsection (a); and
               (2)  propose additional treatment options and price
  estimates based on changes in the animal's medical condition.
         SECTION 2.  Not later than December 1, 2023, the State Board
  of Veterinary Medical Examiners shall adopt rules to implement
  Section 801.3581, Occupations Code, as added by this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 4069 was passed by the House on May
  12, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 130, Nays 7, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 4069 was passed by the Senate on May
  23, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor       
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