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  89R3034 AB-D     By: Harris Davila H.B. No. 208       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to provision to a patient of an itemized bill for health   care services and supplies.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Sections 185.002(c) and (d), Health and Safety   Code, are amended to read as follows:          (c)  A health care provider may issue the itemized bill :                 (1)   electronically, including through a patient   portal on the provider's Internet website ;                 (2)     through a hard copy delivered by mail or a common   carrier; or                 (3)     through a hard copy the patient or the patient's   designee obtains at the provider's place of business .          (d)  A patient is entitled to obtain from the health care   provider an itemized bill :                 (1)   on request at any time after the itemized bill is   initially issued under Subsection (a) ; and                 (2)     through the patient's chosen method of issuance in   accordance with Subsection (c) .          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.