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| 1 | 1 | 86R4077 SCL-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Menéndez S.B. No. 1054 | |
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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 use of freestanding | |
| 9 | 9 | emergency medical care facilities. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 1301, Insurance Code, is | |
| 12 | 12 | amended by adding Section 1301.0059 to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | Sec. 1301.0059. USE OF FREESTANDING EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE | |
| 14 | 14 | FACILITIES. It is an unfair method of competition or an unfair or | |
| 15 | 15 | deceptive act or practice under Chapter 541 for an insurer to | |
| 16 | 16 | encourage or instruct an insured to not receive health care | |
| 17 | 17 | services from a freestanding emergency medical care facility. | |
| 18 | 18 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |