HB 4118

AN ACT relating to the payment of an award for certain health care expenses

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89th Regular Session

Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended

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What This Bill Does

relating to the payment of an award for certain health care expenses

Subject Areas

ATTORNEY GENERAL Crime Victims Compensation Insurance--Health & Accident

Bill Text

relating to the payment of an award for certain health care expenses
under the Crime Victims' Compensation Act.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Article 56B.104, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e)  Notwithstanding any other law, not later than the 10th
day after the date on which an application for compensation
described by Article 56B.051 is filed, the attorney general shall
award compensation to the victim or claimant in the amount of any
copays paid for health care services obtained as a result of the
SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an application for compensation under Chapter 56B, Code of
Criminal Procedure, filed on or after the effective date of this
Act.  An application for compensation filed before the effective
date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the
application was filed, and the former law is continued in effect for
SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

Bill History

filed

Bill filed: AN ACT relating to the payment of an award for certain health care expenses

Nov 10, 2025

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