By: Pierson H.B. No. 4036       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to liability limits in a health care liability claim.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 74.301, Civil Practice and Remedies   Code, is amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:          (d)  When there is an increase or decrease in the consumer   price index with respect to the amount of that index on September 1,   2003, the liability limits prescribed by this section shall be   increased or decreased, as applicable, by a sum equal to the amount   of such limit multiplied by the percentage increase or decrease in   the consumer price index, as published by the Bureau of Labor   Statistics of the United States Department of Labor, that measures   the average changes in prices of goods and services purchased by   urban wage earners and clerical workers' families (CPI-W:   Seasonally Adjusted U.S. City Average--All Items), between   September 1, 2003, and the time at which damages subject to such   limits are awarded by final judgment or settlement.          SECTION 2.  Section 74.302, Civil Practice and Remedies   Code, is amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:          (f)  When there is an increase or decrease in the consumer   price index with respect to the amount of that index on September 1,   2003, the liability limits and financial responsibility amounts   prescribed by this section shall be increased or decreased, as   applicable, by a sum equal to the amount of such limit multiplied by   the percentage increase or decrease in the consumer price index, as   published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States   Department of Labor, that measures the average changes in prices of   goods and services purchased by urban wage earners and clerical   workers' families (CPI-W: Seasonally Adjusted U.S. City   Average--All Items), between September 1, 2003, and the time at   which damages subject to such limits are awarded by final judgment   or settlement.          SECTION 3.  Sections 74.301(d) and 74.302(f), Civil Practice   and Remedies Code, as added by this Act, apply only to a health care   liability claim that accrues on or after the effective date of this   Act.          SECTION 4.  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, 2025.