Bill Text: TX HB2927 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to hospital liens and civil rights, duties, and remedies related thereto.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-12 - Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence [HB2927 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2927-Introduced.html
| By: Leach | H.B. No. 2927 | |
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| relating to hospital liens and civil rights, duties, and remedies | ||
| related thereto | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 55, Property Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Section 55.0015 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 55.0015. ADMISSION TO HOSPITAL. For purposes of this | ||
| chapter, an injured individual is considered admitted to a hospital | ||
| if the individual is allowed access to any department of the | ||
| hospital for the provision of any treatment, care, or service to the | ||
| individual. | ||
| SECTION 2. The addition by this Act of Section 55.0015, | ||
| Property Code, is intended to clarify rather than change the | ||
| existing law governing civil liability and civil law including the | ||
| rights, duties, and remedies thereunder. | ||
| 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. | ||
