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| 1 | 1 | 2021S0106-1 02/24/21 | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Schwertner S.B. No. 844 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to repeal of certain Employee Retirement Income Security | |
| 8 | 8 | Act of 1974 exemption provisions relating to pharmacy benefits. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 1369.252, Insurance Code, is amended to | |
| 11 | 11 | read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 1369.252. EXCEPTIONS TO APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. | |
| 13 | 13 | This subchapter does not apply to an issuer or provider of health | |
| 14 | 14 | benefits under or a pharmacy benefit manager administering pharmacy | |
| 15 | 15 | benefits under: | |
| 16 | 16 | (1) the state Medicaid program; | |
| 17 | 17 | (2) the federal Medicare program; | |
| 18 | 18 | (3) the state child health plan or health benefits | |
| 19 | 19 | plan for children under Chapter 62 or 63, Health and Safety Code; | |
| 20 | 20 | (4) the TRICARE military health system; or | |
| 21 | 21 | (5) a workers' compensation insurance policy or other | |
| 22 | 22 | form of providing medical benefits under Title 5, Labor Code[; or | |
| 23 | 23 | [(6) a self-funded health benefit plan as defined by | |
| 24 | 24 | the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. | |
| 25 | 25 | Section 1001 et seq.)]. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |