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  89R14952 AJA-F     By: Paxton S.B. No. 2418       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to timely billing requirements for health care service   providers.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Sections 146.002(a), (b), and (c), Civil   Practice and Remedies Code, are amended to read as follows:          (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b) or (c), a health   care service provider shall bill a patient or other responsible   person for services provided to the patient not later than the 90th   day [ first day of the 11th month ] after the date the services are   provided.          (b)  If the health care service provider is required or   authorized to directly bill the issuer of a health benefit plan for   services provided to a patient, the health care service provider   shall bill the issuer of the plan not later than:                (1)  the date required under any contract between the   health care service provider and the issuer of the health benefit   plan; or                (2)  if there is no contract between the health care   service provider and the issuer of the health benefit plan, the 90th   day [ first day of the 11th month ] after the date the services are   provided.          (c)  If the health care service provider is required or   authorized to directly bill a third party payor operating under   federal or state law, including Medicare and the state Medicaid   program, the health care service provider shall bill the third   party payor not later than:                (1)  the date required under any contract between the   health care service provider and the third party payor or the date   required by federal regulation or state rule, as applicable; or                (2)  if there is no contract between the health care   service provider and the third party payor and there is no   applicable federal regulation or state rule, the 90th day [ first   day of the 11th month ] after the date the services are provided.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to health care services provided on or after the effective date of   this Act. Health care services provided before the effective date   of this Act are governed by the law as it existed immediately before   the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect   for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2025.