81R9649 AJA-F
By: Coleman H.B. No. 3471
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain illegal pricing practices.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 552.003(a), Insurance Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) A person commits an offense if:
(1) the person knowingly or intentionally charges two
different prices, including contractual allowances, for providing
the same product or service; and
(2) the higher price charged, including contractual
allowances, is based on the fact that an insurer or its insured will
pay all or part of the price of the product or service.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect at the time the offense was committed,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For the
purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
before that date.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.