{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-146.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 146.003","heading":"CERTAIN CLAIMS BARRED.","body":"(a) A health care service provider who violates Section 146.002 may not recover from the patient any amount that the patient would have been entitled to receive as payment or reimbursement under a health benefit plan or that the patient would not otherwise have been obligated to pay had the provider complied with Section 146.002.\n(b) If recovery from a patient is barred under this section, the health care service provider may not recover from any other individual who, because of a family or other personal relationship with the patient, would otherwise be responsible for the debt.\nAdded by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 650, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.","path":["CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE","TITLE 6. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 146. CERTAIN CLAIMS BY HEALTH CARE SERVICE PROVIDERS BARRED"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.146.htm#146.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"d849b4cf937fe3fbf33d40a699c834feaa5dc38e8c7402fd19f7112fd265dee0","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-146.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-146.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}