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AN ACT
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relating to the definition of health care liability claim for the |
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purposes of certain laws governing those claims. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 74.001(a)(13), Civil Practice and |
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Remedies Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(13) "Health care liability claim" means a cause of |
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action against a health care provider or physician for treatment, |
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lack of treatment, or other claimed departure from accepted |
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standards of medical care, or health care, or safety or |
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professional or administrative services directly related to health |
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care, which proximately results in injury to or death of a claimant, |
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whether the claimant's claim or cause of action sounds in tort or |
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contract. The term does not include a cause of action described by |
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Section 406.033(a) or 408.001(b), Labor Code, against an employer |
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by an employee or the employee's surviving spouse or heir. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a cause of action that accrues on or after the effective date of |
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this Act. A cause of action that accrues before the effective date |
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of this Act is governed by the law applicable to the cause of action |
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immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1403 was passed by the House on May |
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13, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 1, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1403 was passed by the Senate on May |
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24, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |