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Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code - Section 74.503. Court Order For Periodic Payments

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§ 74.503. COURT ORDER FOR PERIODIC PAYMENTS.  (a) At the 
request of a defendant physician or health care provider or 
claimant, the court shall order that medical, health care, or 
custodial services awarded in a health care liability claim be paid 
in whole or in part in periodic payments rather than by a lump-sum 
payment.
	(b)  At the request of a defendant physician or health care 
provider or claimant, the court may order that future damages other 
than medical, health care, or custodial services awarded in a 
health care liability claim be paid in whole or in part in periodic 
payments rather than by a lump sum payment.
	(c)  The court shall make a specific finding of the dollar 
amount of periodic payments that will compensate the claimant for 
the future damages.
	(d)  The court shall specify in its judgment ordering the 
payment of future damages by periodic payments the:
		(1)  recipient of the payments;                                               
		(2)  dollar amount of the payments;                                           
		(3)  interval between payments;  and                                          
		(4)  number of payments or the period of time over which 
payments must be made.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 204, § 10.01, eff. Sept. 1, 
2003.     

Last modified: August 11, 2007