Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 146.003 · Chapter 146. CERTAIN CLAIMS BY HEALTH CARE SERVICE PROVIDERS BARRED
CERTAIN CLAIMS BARRED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A health care service provider who violates Section 146.002 may not recover from the patient any amount that the patient would have been entitled to receive as payment or reimbursement under a health benefit plan or that the patient would not otherwise have been obligated to pay had the provider complied with Section 146.002.
(b) If recovery from a patient is barred under this section, the health care service provider may not recover from any other individual who, because of a family or other personal relationship with the patient, would otherwise be responsible for the debt.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 650, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.146.htm
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