ER Insurance Information

House Bill 1941

According to House Bill 1941, section 17.464, “Emergency care” means health care services provided in an emergency facility to evaluate and stabilize medical conditions of a recent onset and severity, including severe pain, that would lead a prudent layperson possessing an average knowledge of medicine and health to believe that the individual’s condition, sickness, or injury is of such a nature that failure to get immediate medical care could:
  • Place the individual ’s health in serious jeopardy.
  • Result in serious impairment to bodily functions.
  • Result in serious dysfunction of a bodily organ or part.
  • Result in serious disfigurement; or for a pregnant woman.
  • Result in serious jeopardy to the health of the fetus.
For more information about House Bill 1941, click here

Texas House Bill 3276

Texas Senate Bill 425

Senate Bill 425, passed by the Texas Legislature during the 84th Regular Session, requires all FECs to post notice of the following:
  • This is a Freestanding Emergency Medical Care Facility
  • This facility charges rates comparable to a hospital Emergency Room and may charge a facility fee
  • This facility or physician providing medical care at this facility may not be a participating provider in your Health Benefit Plan provider network
  • A physician providing medical care at this facility may bill separately from the facility for the medical care provided to you
Texas House Bill 3276

Texas House Bill 2041

The following notice has been posted in accordance with Texas House Bill 2041 and is hereby effective September 1, 2019
  • This facility is a licensed Freestanding Emergency Medical Care Facility.
  • This facility charges rates comparable to a hospital emergency room and may charge a facility fee.
  • The facility or physician providing medical care at the facility may be an out-of-network provider for the patient’s health benefit plan provider network.
  • The physician providing medical care at this facility may bill separately from the facility for the medical care provided to a patient.
  • This facility is an out-of-network provider for all health benefit plans.
For more information about House Bill 2041, click here

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