March 16, 2010

Paid or Incurred (SB 1119/HB 1956)

Oppose SB 1119 by Hinojosa/HB 1956 by Smithee

  • SB 1119/HB 1956 will require Texas businesses to reimburse phantom medical expenses in personal injury lawsuits that were never paid in the first place.
  • Limiting medical or health care expense recovery in a civil action to the amount “actually paid or incurred by or on behalf of the claimant” was among the most important reforms passed in 2003 (HB 4).
  • SB 1119/HB 1956 creates a double standard by retaining the “paid or incurred” provision in healthcare liability claims, but not for other personal injury claims.

BACKGROUND/BILL ANALYSIS

March 17, 2009