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Texas Local Government Code

§ 140.013 — BALANCE BILLING FOR COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL AMBULANCE SERVICES

LG § 140.013Title 4. FINANCES · Part C. FINANCIAL PROVISIONS APPLYING TO MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT · Ch. 140. MISCELLANEOUS FINANCIAL PROVISIONS AFFECTING MUNICIPALITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

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(a)"Balance billing" means the practice of charging an enrollee in a health benefit plan to recover from the enrollee the balance of a health care provider's fee for a service received by the enrollee from the health care provider that is not fully reimbursed by the enrollee's health benefit plan.
(b)A county or municipality may elect to consider a health benefit plan payment towards a claim for air or ground ambulance services provided by the county or municipality as payment in full for those services regardless of the amount the county or municipality charged for those services.
(c)A county or municipality may not practice balance billing for a claim for which the county or municipality makes an election under Subsection (b).

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 585 (S.B. 790), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.

Source: Texas Local Government Code § 140.013 from the Texas Constitution and Statutes (Texas Legislature) (public record). DecisionDepot is for informational use only and is not legal advice — verify against the official source before relying on this text.