Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code
§ 146.003 — CERTAIN CLAIMS BARRED
CP § 146.003Title 6. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS · Ch. 146. CERTAIN CLAIMS BY HEALTH CARE SERVICE PROVIDERS BARRED
Statute text
View on source(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.
Legislative history
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 650, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.