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 | ||
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| 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 | ||
