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| 5 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 6 | | relating to repeal of certain Employee Retirement Income Security |
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| 8 | 7 | | Act of 1974 exemption provisions relating to pharmacy benefits. |
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| 9 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 1369.252, Insurance Code, is amended to |
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| 11 | 10 | | read as follows: |
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| 12 | 11 | | Sec. 1369.252. EXCEPTIONS TO APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. |
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| 13 | 12 | | This subchapter does not apply to an issuer or provider of health |
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| 14 | 13 | | benefits under or a pharmacy benefit manager administering pharmacy |
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| 15 | 14 | | benefits under: |
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| 16 | 15 | | (1) the state Medicaid program; |
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| 17 | 16 | | (2) the federal Medicare program; |
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| 18 | 17 | | (3) the state child health plan or health benefits |
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| 19 | 18 | | plan for children under Chapter 62 or 63, Health and Safety Code; |
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| 20 | 19 | | (4) the TRICARE military health system; or |
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| 21 | 20 | | (5) a workers' compensation insurance policy or other |
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| 22 | 21 | | form of providing medical benefits under Title 5, Labor Code[; or |
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| 23 | 22 | | [(6) a self-funded health benefit plan as defined by |
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| 24 | 23 | | the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. |
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| 25 | 24 | | Section 1001 et seq.)]. |
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| 26 | 25 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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