Texas Property Code

§ 55.003 — PROPERTY TO WHICH LIEN ATTACHES

PR § 55.003Title 5. EXEMPT PROPERTY AND LIENS · Part B. LIENS · Ch. 55. HOSPITAL AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES LIENS

Statute text

(a)A lien under this chapter attaches to:

(1)a cause of action for damages arising from an injury for which the injured individual is admitted to the hospital or receives emergency medical services;

(2)a judgment of a court in this state or the decision of a public agency in a proceeding brought by the injured individual or by another person entitled to bring the suit in case of the death of the individual to recover damages arising from an injury for which the injured individual is admitted to the hospital or receives emergency medical services; and

(3)the proceeds of a settlement of a cause of action or a claim by the injured individual or another person entitled to make the claim, arising from an injury for which the injured individual is admitted to the hospital or receives emergency medical services.

(b)The lien does not attach to:

(1)a claim under the workers' compensation law of this state, the Federal Employees Liability Act, or the Federal Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act; or

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Legislative history

Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3562, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 337, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.