CS/CS/SB 656: Health Care Billing and Collection Activities
GENERAL BILL by Rules ; Health Policy ; Rodriguez
Health Care Billing and Collection Activities; Revising the definition of the term “extraordinary collection action”; authorizing licensed facilities to engage in an extraordinary collection action under certain circumstances, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 4/23/2025 Senate - Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 547 -SJ 481
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Last Action: 4/23/2025 Senate - Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 547 -SJ 481
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
- Health Policy (HP)
- Commerce and Tourism (CM)
- Rules (RC)
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 2/12/2025 Senate • Filed
2/25/2025 Senate • Referred to Health Policy; Commerce and Tourism; Rules
3/4/2025 Senate • Introduced
3/20/2025 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/25/25, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
3/25/2025 Senate • CS by Health Policy; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
3/26/2025 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Now in Commerce and Tourism
• On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 03/31/25, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
3/27/2025 Senate • CS by Health Policy read 1st time
3/31/2025 Senate • Favorable by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
4/1/2025 Senate • Now in Rules
4/3/2025 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/08/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
4/8/2025 Senate • CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 24 NAYS 0
4/9/2025 Senate • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
4/10/2025 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/15/25
4/15/2025 Senate • Retained on Special Order Calendar -SJ 421
4/16/2025 Senate • Retained on Calendar
4/21/2025 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/23/25
4/23/2025 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 481
• Substituted CS/HB 547 -SJ 481
• Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 547 -SJ 481
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CS/CS/SB 656, Committee Substitute 2 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/9/2025 at 11:10 AM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 547 (er) Medical Debt Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee Similar Last Action: 4/23/2025 H Ordered enrolled Citations - Statutes (1)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 395.3011 Billing and collection activities. Page 1 (pdf) -
CS/SB 656, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 3/26/2025 at 3:12 PM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: Commerce and Tourism (Pre-Meeting) 3/28/2025 (pdf)
Commerce and Tourism (Post-Meeting) 4/1/2025 (pdf)
Rules (Pre-Meeting) 4/7/2025 (pdf)
Rules (Post-Meeting) 4/9/2025 (pdf)
Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 547 (c1) Medical Debt Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee Similar Last Action: 4/23/2025 H Ordered enrolled Committee Amendments (1)
Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format 171482 - Amendment
Delete lines 46 - 47 and insert:Rules
(Rodriguez)4/7/2025
8:39 AMReplaced by Committee Substitute
4/8/2025Web Page
PDFCommittee Votes (2)
Date Committee Result 3/31/2025 1:30 PM Commerce and Tourism 9 Yeas - 0 Nays 4/8/2025 9:00 AM Rules 24 Yeas - 0 Nays Citations - Statutes (1)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 395.3011 Billing and collection activities. Page 1 (pdf) -
SB 656, Original Filed Version Posted 2/12/2025 at 9:35 AM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: Health Policy (Pre-Meeting) 3/24/2025 (pdf)
Health Policy (Post-Meeting) 3/26/2025 (pdf)
Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 547 Medical Debt Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee Similar Last Action: 4/23/2025 H Ordered enrolled Committee Amendments (1)
Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format 967282 - Amendment (Delete All)
Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:Health Policy
(Rodriguez)3/21/2025
12:09 PMReplaced by Committee Substitute
3/26/2025Web Page
PDFCommittee Votes (1)
Date Committee Result 3/25/2025 1:30 PM Health Policy 10 Yeas - 0 Nays Citations - Statutes (1)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 395.3011 Billing and collection activities. Page 1 (pdf)