Bill Text: TX HB3276 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to notice of health benefit plan provider network status provided by certain freestanding emergency medical care facilities.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 33-15)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-26 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB3276 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3276-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 3276 |
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relating to notice of health benefit plan provider network status | ||
provided by certain freestanding emergency medical care | ||
facilities. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 241.252, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (e) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) A facility described by Section 241.251 shall post | ||
notice that: | ||
(1) states: | ||
(A) [ |
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emergency medical care facility; | ||
(B) [ |
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comparable to a hospital emergency room and may charge a facility | ||
fee; | ||
(C) [ |
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providing medical care at the facility may not be a participating | ||
provider in the patient's health benefit plan provider network; and | ||
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care at the facility may bill separately from the facility for the | ||
medical care provided to a patient; and | ||
(2) either: | ||
(A) lists the health benefit plans in which the | ||
facility is a participating provider in the health benefit plan's | ||
provider network; or | ||
(B) states the facility is not a participating | ||
provider in any health benefit plan provider network. | ||
(e) Notwithstanding Subsection (c), a facility that is a | ||
participating provider in one or more health benefit plan provider | ||
networks complies with Subsection (b)(2) if the facility: | ||
(1) provides notice on the facility's Internet website | ||
listing the health benefit plans in which the facility is a | ||
participating provider in the health benefit plan's provider | ||
network; and | ||
(2) provides to a patient written confirmation of | ||
whether the facility is a participating provider in the patient's | ||
health benefit plan's provider network. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 254.155, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) A facility shall post notice that: | ||
(1) states: | ||
(A) [ |
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emergency medical care facility; | ||
(B) [ |
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comparable to a hospital emergency room and may charge a facility | ||
fee; | ||
(C) [ |
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providing medical care at the facility may not be a participating | ||
provider in the patient's health benefit plan provider network; and | ||
(D) [ |
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care at the facility may bill separately from the facility for the | ||
medical care provided to a patient; and | ||
(2) either: | ||
(A) lists the health benefit plans in which the | ||
facility is a participating provider in the health benefit plan's | ||
provider network; or | ||
(B) states the facility is not a participating | ||
provider in any health benefit plan provider network. | ||
(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), a facility that is a | ||
participating provider in one or more health benefit plan provider | ||
networks complies with Subsection (a)(2) if the facility: | ||
(1) provides notice on the facility's Internet website | ||
listing the health benefit plans in which the facility is a | ||
participating provider in the health benefit plan's provider | ||
network; and | ||
(2) provides to a patient written confirmation of | ||
whether the facility is a participating provider in the patient's | ||
health benefit plan's provider network. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 3276 was passed by the House on May 3, | ||
2017, by the following vote: Yeas 133, Nays 10, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 3276 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
18, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 3. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |