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Changes to Existing Law

SB70revise certain provisions regarding hospital liens.

1 section modified+19-12
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§ 44-12-1

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+19-12
Section 44-12-1 — AMENDED
Any Subject to the provisions of sections 1 and 2 of this Act, a person, association, limited liability company, corporation, county, or other institution, including a municipal6 corporation, maintaining a hospital licensed under the laws of the State of South Dakota this state that furnishes hospitalization or other service of any other nature in the treatment of or in8 connection with an injury not covered by the Workers' Compensation Act under title 62, if the9 injured party asserts or maintains a claim against another for damages on account of the injury, has a lien upon that part going or belonging to the injured party of any recovery or sum had or11 collected or to be collected by the injured party, or by the injured party's heirs or personal12 representatives representative in case of the injured party's death, whether by judgment or by13 settlement or compromise to the amount of the reasonable and necessary charges of the hospital14 for the treatment, care, and maintenance of the injured party in the hospital up to the date of15 payment of the damages.16