By: Phillips (Senate Sponsor - Creighton) H.B. No. 2501
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2017;
May 4, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Business &
Commerce; May 15, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 15, 2017, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to insurance requirements for certain nonemergency
medical transportation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1954.001(4), Insurance Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(4) "Transportation network company" means a
corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, or other entity
operating in this state that uses a digital network to connect a
transportation network company rider to a transportation network
company driver for a prearranged ride. [The term does not include
an entity arranging nonemergency medical transportation under a
contract with the state or a managed care organization for
individuals qualifying for Medicaid or Medicare.]
SECTION 2. Section 1954.002, Insurance Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 1954.002. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. (a) This chapter
applies to automobile insurance policies in this state, including
policies issued by a Lloyd's plan, a reciprocal or interinsurance
exchange, and a county mutual insurance company.
(b) This chapter does not apply to an entity arranging
nonemergency medical transportation services under a contract with
the state or a managed care organization for individuals qualifying
for Medicaid or Medicare unless the entity:
(1) provides the transportation services through a
digital network that connects transportation network company
drivers to transportation network company riders for prearranged
rides;
(2) contracts individually with each transportation
network company driver who is connected to transportation network
company riders for the prearranged rides through the entity's
digital network; and
(3) otherwise meets all requirements under the
Medicaid or Medicare program for delivery of nonemergency medical
transportation services.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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