Relating to the timely billing of health care services related to a personal injury claim, the official text

H.B. No. 4145

AN ACT

relating to the timely billing of health care services related to a

personal injury claim.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 146.002, Civil Practice and Remedies

Code, is amended by amending Subsections (a) and (d) and adding

Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) or (c) and subject

to Subsection (c-1), a health care service provider shall bill a

patient or other responsible person for services provided to the

patient not later than the first day of the 11th month after the

date the services are provided.

(c-1) If a health care service provider provides services to

a patient that are related to a personal injury claim for which the

patient is represented by an attorney and unless otherwise directed

by the patient or other responsible person, the provider may

satisfy the requirements of Subsection (a) by submitting the bill

to the patient's attorney not later than the first day of the 11th

month after the date the services are provided.

(d) For purposes of this section, the date of billing is the

date on which the health care service provider's bill is:

(1) mailed to the patient, [or] responsible person, or

attorney representing the patient, as applicable, postage prepaid,

at the address of the patient, [or] responsible person, or attorney

representing the patient as shown on the health care service

provider's records; or

(2) mailed or otherwise submitted to the issuer of the

health benefit plan or third party payor as required by the health

benefit plan or third party payor.

SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only

to a health care service provided on or after the effective date of

this Act. A health care service provided before the effective date

of this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before the

effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for

that purpose.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

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President of the Senate
Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 4145 was passed by the House on April

29, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 4, 1 present, not

voting.

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Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 4145 was passed by the Senate on May

28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

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Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: _____________________

Date

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Governor