Tex.
Health & Safety Code Section 254.155
Notice of Fees
(a)
A facility shall post notice that:(1)
states:(A)
the facility is a freestanding emergency medical care facility;(B)
the facility charges rates comparable to a hospital emergency room and may charge a facility fee;(C)
a facility or a physician providing medical care at the facility may be an out-of-network provider for the patient’s health benefit plan provider network; and(D)
a physician providing medical care at the facility may bill separately from the facility for the medical care provided to a patient; and(2)
either:(A)
lists the health benefit plans in which the facility is an in-network provider in the health benefit plan’s provider network; or(B)
states the facility is an out-of-network provider for all health benefit plans.(b)
The notice required by this section must be posted prominently and conspicuously:(1)
at the primary entrance to the facility;(2)
in each patient treatment room;(3)
at each location within the facility at which a person pays for health care services; and(4)
on the home page of the facility’s Internet website or on a different page available through a hyperlink that is:(A)
entitled “Insurance Information”; and(B)
located prominently on the home page.(c)
The notice required by Subsections (b)(1), (2), and (3) must be in legible print on a sign with dimensions of at least 8.5 inches by 11 inches.(d)
Notwithstanding Subsection (b), a facility that is an in-network provider in one or more health benefit plan provider networks complies with Subsection (a)(2) if the facility:(1)
provides notice on the facility’s Internet website listing the health benefit plans in which the facility is an in-network provider in the health benefit plan’s provider network; and(2)
provides to a patient written confirmation of whether the facility is an in-network provider in the patient’s health benefit plan’s provider network.(e)
A facility may not add to or alter the language of a notice required by this section.
Source:
Section 254.155 — Notice of Fees, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.254.htm#254.155 (accessed Apr. 20, 2024).
