Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2988 Compare Versions

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1	1		87R5459 JES-D
2		-	By: Minjarez, Middleton, King of Parker, H.B. No. 2988
3		-	Hull, Vasut
	2	+	By: Minjarez H.B. No. 2988
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6	5		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
7	6		AN ACT
8	7		relating to copayments required by a health maintenance
9	8		organization or preferred provider benefit plan for visiting
10	9		physical therapists.
11	10		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	11		SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 843, Insurance Code, is
13	12		amended by adding Section 843.212 to read as follows:
14	13		Sec. 843.212. PHYSICAL THERAPIST COPAYMENT LIMIT. A health
15	14		care plan that requires an enrollee to pay a copayment for an office
16	15		visit with the enrollee's primary care physician or provider may
17	16		not charge a higher copayment amount to that enrollee for an office
18	17		visit with a physical therapist.
19	18		SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 1301, Insurance Code, is
20	19		amended by adding Section 1301.166 to read as follows:
21	20		Sec. 1301.166. PHYSICAL THERAPIST COPAYMENT LIMIT. A
22	21		preferred provider benefit plan that requires an insured to pay a
23	22		copayment for an office visit with the insured's primary care
24	23		physician or provider may not charge a higher copayment amount to
25	24		that insured for an office visit with a physical therapist.
26	25		SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
27	26		a health benefit plan delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on
28	27		or after January 1, 2022.
29	28		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.