| 1 | 1 | | 85R9668 PMO-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Smithee H.B. No. 1635 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the authority of the commissioner of insurance to |
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| 8 | 8 | | request a state innovation waiver for certain small group health |
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| 9 | 9 | | benefit plans of certain federal actuarial value and level of |
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| 10 | 10 | | coverage requirements. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 1501, Insurance Code, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended by adding Section 1501.2561 to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 1501.2561. WAIVER OF CERTAIN FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS. |
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| 15 | 15 | | The commissioner may apply to and negotiate with the United States |
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| 16 | 16 | | secretary of health and human services to obtain a waiver under 42 |
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| 17 | 17 | | U.S.C. Section 18052 for small employer health benefit plans of the |
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| 18 | 18 | | actuarial value requirements and related levels of health plan |
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| 19 | 19 | | coverage requirements imposed under 42 U.S.C. Section 18022(d)(3). |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 21 | 21 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 22 | 22 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 23 | 23 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 24 | 24 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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