Tex. Prop. Code § 55.007 · Chapter 55. HOSPITAL AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES LIENS
VALIDITY OF RELEASE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A release of a cause of action or judgment to which a lien under this chapter may attach is not valid unless:
(1) the charges of the hospital or emergency medical services provider claiming the lien were paid in full before the execution and delivery of the release;
(2) the charges of the hospital or emergency medical services provider claiming the lien were paid before the execution and delivery of the release to the extent of any full and true consideration paid to the injured individual by or on behalf of the other parties to the release; or
(3) the hospital or emergency medical services provider claiming the lien is a party to the release.
(b) A judgment to which a lien under this chapter has attached remains in effect until the charges of the hospital or emergency medical services provider claiming the lien are paid in full or to the extent set out in the judgment.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3564, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 337, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.55.htm
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