| 1 | 1 | | 86R7218 SCL-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Schwertner S.B. No. 2049 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the authority of an insured to select a pharmacist under |
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| 8 | 8 | | the insured's health insurance policy. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 1451.001, Insurance Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 11 | | adding Subdivision (13-a) to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (13-a) "Pharmacist" means an individual licensed to |
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| 13 | 13 | | practice pharmacy by the Texas State Board of Pharmacy. |
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| 14 | 14 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 1451, Insurance Code, is |
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| 15 | 15 | | amended by adding Section 1451.128 to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 16 | | Sec. 1451.128. SELECTION OF PHARMACIST. An insured may |
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| 17 | 17 | | select a pharmacist to provide the services scheduled in the health |
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| 18 | 18 | | insurance policy that are within the scope of the pharmacist's |
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| 19 | 19 | | license. |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 3. Section 1451.128, Insurance Code, as added by |
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| 21 | 21 | | this Act, applies only to an insurance policy delivered, issued for |
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| 22 | 22 | | delivery, or renewed on or after January 1, 2020. An insurance |
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| 23 | 23 | | policy delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed before January 1, |
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| 24 | 24 | | 2020, is governed by the law as it existed immediately before the |
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| 25 | 25 | | effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for |
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| 26 | 26 | | that purpose. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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