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| 1 | 1 | 86R7840 MEW-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Menéndez S.B. No. 1052 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to prohibited practices by an insurer that issues a | |
| 8 | 8 | preferred provider benefit plan regarding communication of the | |
| 9 | 9 | preferred provider status of freestanding emergency medical care | |
| 10 | 10 | facilities. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 1301, Insurance Code, is | |
| 13 | 13 | amended by adding Section 1301.0059 to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | Sec. 1301.0059. COMMUNICATION OF PREFERRED PROVIDER STATUS | |
| 15 | 15 | OF FREESTANDING EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE FACILITIES. It is an unfair | |
| 16 | 16 | method of competition or an unfair or deceptive act or practice | |
| 17 | 17 | under Chapter 541 for an insurer to prevent, by contract or | |
| 18 | 18 | otherwise, a freestanding emergency medical care facility that is a | |
| 19 | 19 | preferred provider from communicating with the public that the | |
| 20 | 20 | facility is in the insurer's preferred provider network. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |