By: Burrows H.B. No. 4197
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the prohibition or denial for the use of certain types
of health benefit plans or payment methods.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. A health care provider may not discriminate
against, nor deny service to, a patient because the patient or the
patient's agent or a third-party payor utilizes cash, a
reference-based health plan, or some other form of payment.
SECTION 2. Health care providers and carriers are
prohibited from requiring the use of a third-party plan if the
patient or patient's payor choses to pay in cash or with some
alternative form of payment.
SECTION 3. The commissioner shall adopt rules to effectuate
this policy.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1,. 2017.