Bill Text: TX SB1037 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to limitations on the information reported by consumer reporting agencies.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-31 - Effective immediately [SB1037 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1037-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 1037 |
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relating to limitations on the information reported by consumer | ||
reporting agencies. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 20.05, Business & Commerce Code, is | ||
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a consumer | ||
reporting agency may not furnish a consumer report containing | ||
information related to: | ||
(1) a case under Title 11 of the United States Code or | ||
under the federal Bankruptcy Act in which the date of entry of the | ||
order for relief or the date of adjudication predates the consumer | ||
report by more than 10 years; | ||
(2) a suit or judgment in which the date of entry | ||
predates the consumer report by more than seven years or the | ||
governing statute of limitations, whichever is longer; | ||
(3) a tax lien in which the date of payment predates | ||
the consumer report by more than seven years; | ||
(4) a record of arrest, indictment, or conviction of a | ||
crime in which the date of disposition, release, or parole predates | ||
the consumer report by more than seven years; [ |
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(5) a collection account with a medical industry code, | ||
if the consumer was covered by a health benefit plan at the time of | ||
the event giving rise to the collection and the collection is for an | ||
outstanding balance, after copayments, deductibles, and | ||
coinsurance, owed to an emergency care provider or a facility-based | ||
provider for an out-of-network benefit claim; or | ||
(6) another item or event that predates the consumer | ||
report by more than seven years. | ||
(d) In this section: | ||
(1) "Emergency care provider" means a physician, | ||
health care practitioner, facility, or other health care provider | ||
who provides emergency care. | ||
(2) "Facility" has the meaning assigned by Section | ||
324.001, Health and Safety Code. | ||
(3) "Facility-based provider" means a physician, | ||
health care practitioner, or other health care provider who | ||
provides health care or medical services to patients of a facility. | ||
(4) "Health care practitioner" means an individual who | ||
is licensed to provide health care services. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1037 passed the Senate on | ||
April 8, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 25, Nays 5. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1037 passed the House on | ||
May 14, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 133, Nays 8, | ||
two present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |