HB 1941 (see companion bill SB 866) – Texas

Status: Enacted
Year Introduced: 2019
Link: https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=86R&Bill=HB1941

Relating to unconscionable prices charged by certain health care facilities for medical care. House Bill 1941 amends the Business & Commerce Code to establish that a freestanding emergency medical care facility providing emergency care at an unconscionable price or demanding or charging an unconscionable price for emergency or other care at the facility constitutes a false, misleading, or deceptive act or practice for purposes of the Deceptive Trade Practices‑Consumer Protection Act. Among other provisions, the bill provides for the methods of determining the minimum price alleged to be unconscionable that triggers the authority of the consumer protection division of the attorney general’s office to bring an action in the name of the state. The bill does not create a private cause of action for a false, misleading, or deceptive act or practice.


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