HB 3501
AN ACT relating to a requirement that certain hospitals prepare and
89th Regular Session
Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended
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What This Bill Does
Requires public hospitals to publish quarterly online reports detailing the number of financially and medically indigent patients they serve, along with the total amount of money spent on charity care. Each public hospital must post these reports within 30 days of each calendar quarter's end, providing transparency about healthcare services for low-income patients. The requirement will take effect on October 1, 2025, giving hospitals time to prepare their reporting systems.
Bill Text
relating to a requirement that certain hospitals prepare and publish a quarterly report on charity care provided by those BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 311, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Section 311.006 to read as follows: Sec. 311.006. PUBLIC REPORT OF CHARITY CARE. (a) In this (1) "Charity care," "financially indigent," and "medically indigent" have the meanings assigned by Section 311.031. (2) "Public hospital" means a hospital owned, operated, or leased by a governmental entity. (b) Not later than the 30th day after the last day of each calendar quarter, a public hospital shall prepare and post on the hospital's Internet website a report that contains, for the period (1) the number of financially indigent and medically indigent patients served by the hospital; and (2) the amount of money spent on charity care by the SECTION 2. Notwithstanding Section 311.006, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act, a hospital to which that section applies is not required to prepare and post a report that covers a calendar quarter that begins before October 1, 2025. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
Expert Lobbyists for This Bill
These lobbyists specialize in Hospitals and related subject areas.
Brianna M. Menard
Robert D. Miller
Haley Cornyn
Allen E. Blakemore
Michael J. Johnson
Vera Denise Rose
Gavin L. Massingill
Fred Shannon
Sarah Hicks
Matthew Bentley
Bill History
Bill filed: AN ACT relating to a requirement that certain hospitals prepare and
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