Bill Text: TX HB463 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to reciprocity agreements between certain air ambulance companies operating a subscription program.
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Vetoed) 2019-06-15 - Vetoed by the Governor [HB463 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB463-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 463 | ||
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| relating to reciprocity agreements between certain air ambulance | ||
| companies operating a subscription program. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 773.011, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended by amending Subsections (b) and (e) and adding Subsection | ||
| (d-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (b) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules | ||
| establishing minimum standards for the creation and operation of a | ||
| subscription program. The rules must: | ||
| (1) ensure the protection of public health and safety; | ||
| (2) ensure compliance with federal laws and rules | ||
| related to air ambulance subscription program services; and | ||
| (3) establish minimum standards and objectives for the | ||
| delivery of air ambulance emergency medical services provided in | ||
| accordance with a reciprocity agreement entered into under | ||
| Subsection (d-1). | ||
| (d-1) To ensure maximum geographic coverage for patients | ||
| covered under a subscription program, an air ambulance company that | ||
| operates a subscription program shall, in accordance with executive | ||
| commissioner rules, enter into a reciprocity agreement with each | ||
| other air ambulance company that operates a subscription program in | ||
| the same service delivery area. | ||
| (e) The Insurance Code does not apply to a subscription | ||
| program established or a reciprocity agreement entered into under | ||
| this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
| of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human | ||
| Services Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement | ||
| Section 773.011, Health and Safety Code, as amended by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2020. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 463 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 9, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 7, 2 present, not | ||
| voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
| No. 463 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 121, Nays 20, | ||
| 2 present, not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 463 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
| amendments, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
| 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
