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.Tex. Health and Safety Code § 254.155
Amended by Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 1093,Sec. 5, eff. 9/1/2019.Amended by Acts 2017, Texas Acts of the 85th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 175,Sec. 2, eff. 9/1/2017.Added by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 185,Sec. 3, eff. 9/1/2015. See Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 185, Sec. 6.