06 LC 21
8785
House
Bill 1379
By:
Representatives Kidd of the
115th,
Willard of the
49th,
Lindsey of the
54th,
Oliver of the
83rd,
and Ralston of the
7th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 44-14-471 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to filing of verified statement, contents, and notice, so as to provide for
notice of a hospital lien within 30 days after a person has been discharged from
care; to provide for the filing of such lien within 15 days after such notice;
to delete certain provisions relating to a
physiciańs
practice; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 44-14-471 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to filing
of verified statement, contents, and notice, is amended by striking in its
entirety subsection (a) and inserting in lieu thereof the
following:
"(a)
In order to perfect the lien provided for in Code Section 44-14-470, the
operator of the hospital, nursing home, physician practice, or provider of
traumatic burn care medical practice:
(1)
Within 30 days
after the person has been discharged therefrom,
shall
Shall, not
less than 30 days prior to the date of filing the statement required under
paragraph (2) of this subsection, provide
written notice to the patient and, to the best of the
claimant́s
knowledge, the persons, firms, corporations, and their insurers claimed by the
injured person or the legal representative of the injured person to be liable
for damages arising from the injuries and shall include in such notice a
statement that the lien is not a lien against the patient or any other property
or assets of the patient and is not evidence of the
patient́s
failure to pay a debt. Such notice shall be sent to all such persons and
entities by first-class and certified mail or statutory overnight delivery,
return receipt requested; and
(2)
Shall file, no sooner than
30
15
days after the date of the written notice provided for in this Code section, in
the office of the clerk of the superior court of the county in which the
hospital, nursing home, physician practice, or provider of traumatic burn care
medical practice is located and in the county wherein the patient resides, if a
resident of this state, a verified statement setting forth the name and address
of the patient as it appears on the records of the hospital, nursing home,
physician practice, or provider of traumatic burn care medical practice; the
name and location of the hospital, nursing home, physician practice, or provider
of traumatic burn care medical practice and the name and address of the operator
thereof; the dates of admission and discharge of the patient therefrom
or with
respect to a physician practice, the dates of
treatment; and the amount claimed to be
due for the hospital, nursing home, physician practice, or provider of traumatic
burn care medical practice
care."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.