Bill Text: TX HB3329 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to certain reimbursement rates offered by health benefit plan administrators for certain health coverage plans.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-19 - Referred to Insurance [HB3329 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB3329-Introduced.html

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83R10259 PMO-D
By: Herrero H.B. No. 3329

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain reimbursement rates offered by health benefit
plan administrators for certain health coverage plans.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 1579, Insurance Code, is
amended by adding Section 1579.109 to read as follows:
Sec. 1579.109. LIMITATIONS. The trustee may not contract
for or provide a health coverage plan that provides a reimbursement
rate for a health care service that is less than the greater of the
rate paid by the state Medicaid program or the federal Medicare
program for that service.
SECTION 2. Section 1579.109, Insurance Code, as added by
this Act, applies only to a health coverage plan provided under
Chapter 1579, Insurance Code, beginning with the 2014-2015 plan
year. A plan year before 2014-2015 is governed by the law as it
existed immediately before September 1, 2014, and that law is
continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.