H.B. No. 1757
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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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1757 was passed by the House on April
18, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1757 was passed by the Senate on May
15, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor