Bill Text: TX HB463 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to reciprocity agreements between certain air ambulance companies operating a subscription program.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Vetoed) 2019-06-15 - Vetoed by the Governor [HB463 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB463-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to reciprocity agreements between certain air ambulance companies operating a subscription program.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Vetoed) 2019-06-15 - Vetoed by the Governor [HB463 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB463-Introduced.html
86R821 JG-D | ||
By: Springer | H.B. No. 463 |
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relating to reciprocity agreements between 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 adding Subsection (d-1) and amending Subsection (e) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(d-1) An air ambulance company that operates a subscription | ||
program under this section shall, in accordance with executive | ||
commissioner rules, enter into a reciprocity agreement with each | ||
other air ambulance company in this state that operates a | ||
subscription program to ensure maximum geographic coverage for | ||
patients covered under a subscription program. | ||
(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 September 1, 2019. |