| 1 | | - | By: Phillips (Senate Sponsor - Creighton) H.B. No. 2501 |
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| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2017; |
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| 3 | | - | May 4, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Business & |
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| 4 | | - | Commerce; May 15, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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| 5 | | - | Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 15, 2017, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 1 | + | H.B. No. 2501 |
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| 10 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 5 | | relating to insurance requirements for certain nonemergency |
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| 12 | 6 | | medical transportation. |
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| 13 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Section 1954.001(4), Insurance Code, is amended |
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| 15 | 9 | | to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 10 | | (4) "Transportation network company" means a |
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| 17 | 11 | | corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, or other entity |
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| 18 | 12 | | operating in this state that uses a digital network to connect a |
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| 19 | 13 | | transportation network company rider to a transportation network |
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| 20 | 14 | | company driver for a prearranged ride. [The term does not include |
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| 21 | 15 | | an entity arranging nonemergency medical transportation under a |
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| 22 | 16 | | contract with the state or a managed care organization for |
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| 23 | 17 | | individuals qualifying for Medicaid or Medicare.] |
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| 24 | 18 | | SECTION 2. Section 1954.002, Insurance Code, is amended to |
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| 25 | 19 | | read as follows: |
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| 26 | 20 | | Sec. 1954.002. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. (a) This chapter |
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| 27 | 21 | | applies to automobile insurance policies in this state, including |
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| 28 | 22 | | policies issued by a Lloyd's plan, a reciprocal or interinsurance |
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| 29 | 23 | | exchange, and a county mutual insurance company. |
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| 30 | 24 | | (b) This chapter does not apply to an entity arranging |
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| 31 | 25 | | nonemergency medical transportation services under a contract with |
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| 32 | 26 | | the state or a managed care organization for individuals qualifying |
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| 33 | 27 | | for Medicaid or Medicare unless the entity: |
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| 34 | 28 | | (1) provides the transportation services through a |
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| 35 | 29 | | digital network that connects transportation network company |
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| 36 | 30 | | drivers to transportation network company riders for prearranged |
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| 37 | 31 | | rides; |
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| 38 | 32 | | (2) contracts individually with each transportation |
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| 39 | 33 | | network company driver who is connected to transportation network |
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| 40 | 34 | | company riders for the prearranged rides through the entity's |
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| 41 | 35 | | digital network; and |
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| 42 | 36 | | (3) otherwise meets all requirements under the |
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| 43 | 37 | | Medicaid or Medicare program for delivery of nonemergency medical |
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| 44 | 38 | | transportation services. |
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| 45 | 39 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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| 40 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 41 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 42 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 2501 was passed by the House on May 3, |
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| 43 | + | 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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| 44 | + | voting. |
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| 45 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 46 | + | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 47 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 2501 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 48 | + | 19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 49 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 50 | + | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 51 | + | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 52 | + | Date |
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| 53 | + | _____________________ |
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| 54 | + | Governor |
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