TITLE: Relating to provision to a patient of an itemized bill for health care services and supplies.

SUMMARY: Relating to provision to a patient of an itemized bill for health care services and supplies.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to provision to a patient of an itemized bill for health care services and supplies. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Sections 185.002(c) and (d), Health and Safety Code, are amended to read as follows: (c) A health care provider may issue the itemized bill:(1) electronically, including through a patient portal on the provider's Internet website;(2) through a hard copy delivered by mail or a common carrier; or (3) through a hard copy the patient or the patient's designee obtains at the provider's place of business.(d) A patient is entitled to obtain from the health care provider an itemized bill:(1) on request at any time after the itemized bill is initially issued under Subsection (a);and (2) through the patient's chosen method of issuance in accordance with Subsection (c).SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.