By: Oliverson, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Hancock) H.B. No. 1592
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 1, 2023;
May 1, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Health &
Human Services; May 21, 2023, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 21, 2023, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the application of balance billing prohibitions and
out-of-network dispute resolution procedures to certain
self-insured or self-funded employee welfare benefit plans.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1275.002, Insurance Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 1275.002. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. This chapter
applies only to:
(1) a health benefit plan offered by a nonprofit
agricultural organization under Chapter 1682; and
(2) a health benefit plan:
(A) that is a self-insured or self-funded plan
established by an employer for the benefit of the employer's
employees in accordance with the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. Section 1001 et seq.); and
(B) for which the plan sponsor has made an
election, submitted to the commissioner in the form and manner
prescribed by the commissioner, to apply this chapter to the plan
for the relevant plan year.
SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2023, the
commissioner of insurance shall adopt rules necessary to implement
the change in law made by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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