By: Lucio III H.B. No. 1757
(Senate Sponsor - Schwertner, Campbell)
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2019;
April 24, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
Business & Commerce; May 7, 2019, reported favorably by the
following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 7, 2019, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of an insured to select a pharmacist under
the insured's health insurance policy.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1451.001, Insurance Code, is amended by
adding Subdivision (13-a) to read as follows:
(13-a) "Pharmacist" means an individual licensed to
practice pharmacy by the Texas State Board of Pharmacy.
SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 1451, Insurance Code, is
amended by adding Section 1451.128 to read as follows:
Sec. 1451.128. SELECTION OF PHARMACIST. An insured may
select a pharmacist to provide the services scheduled in the health
insurance policy that are within the scope of the pharmacist's
license to practice pharmacy under Subtitle J, Title 3, Occupations
Code.
SECTION 3. Section 1451.128, Insurance Code, as added by
this Act, applies only to an insurance policy delivered, issued for
delivery, or renewed on or after January 1, 2020. An insurance
policy delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed before January 1,
2020, is governed by the law as it existed immediately before the
effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for
that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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