84R8298 PMO-D
By: Sheffield H.B. No. 2782
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to prohibiting the establishment of a health benefit
exchange for purposes of certain federal law.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Title 8, Insurance Code, is amended by adding
Subtitle L to read as follows:
SUBTITLE L. FEDERAL PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
CHAPTER 1691. HEALTH BENEFIT EXCHANGE
Sec. 1691.001. HEALTH BENEFIT EXCHANGE PROHIBITED. A
health benefit exchange described in the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. No. 111-148), as amended by the Health
Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Pub. L.
No. 111-152), may not be established in this state.
SECTION 2. 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, 2015.