89R9208 MCF-D     By: Howard H.B. No. 4118       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the payment of an award for certain health care expenses   under the Crime Victims' Compensation Act.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Article 56B.104, Code of Criminal Procedure, is   amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:          (e)  Notwithstanding any other law, not later than the 10th   day after the date on which an application for compensation   described by Article 56B.051 is filed, the attorney general shall   award compensation to the victim or claimant in the amount of any   copays paid for health care services obtained as a result of the   criminally injurious conduct.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to an application for compensation under Chapter 56B, Code of   Criminal Procedure, filed on or after the effective date of this   Act.  An application for compensation filed before the effective   date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the   application was filed, and the former law is continued in effect for   that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.