Bill Text: TX HB605 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the disclosure of negotiated rates requested by members of the legislature from certain health care vendors that contract with this state.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-23 - Referred to State Affairs [HB605 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB605-Introduced.html
88R2376 CJD-D | ||
By: Shaheen | H.B. No. 605 |
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relating to the disclosure of negotiated rates requested by members | ||
of the legislature from certain health care vendors that contract | ||
with this state. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 2252, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 2252.909 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 2252.909. LEGISLATIVE REQUEST FOR NEGOTIATED RATES | ||
UNDER CERTAIN HEALTH BENEFIT CONTRACTS. (a) In this | ||
section, "health care vendor" means: | ||
(1) a health benefit plan issuer that contracts with | ||
this state for the administration of health benefits; and | ||
(2) a managed care organization that contracts with | ||
the Health and Human Services Commission to administer health | ||
benefits for Medicaid recipients through a managed care plan. | ||
(b) This section applies only to a health care vendor that | ||
contracts with this state, including with an agency of this state, | ||
to administer health benefits under: | ||
(1) a basic coverage plan under Chapter 1551, | ||
Insurance Code; | ||
(2) a basic plan under Chapter 1575, Insurance Code; | ||
(3) a primary care coverage plan under Chapter 1579, | ||
Insurance Code; | ||
(4) a plan providing basic coverage under Chapter | ||
1601, Insurance Code; or | ||
(5) the state Medicaid program, including the Medicaid | ||
managed care program operated under Chapter 533. | ||
(c) A member of the legislature may request from a health | ||
care vendor information regarding any negotiated rate included in a | ||
contract between the vendor and this state for the administration | ||
of health benefits. | ||
(d) On receipt of a written request for information under | ||
Subsection (c), the health care vendor shall provide the requested | ||
information to the member of the legislature who submitted the | ||
request. | ||
(e) A health care vendor, by providing information under | ||
this section that is confidential or otherwise excepted from | ||
required disclosure under law, does not waive or affect the | ||
confidentiality of the information for purposes of state or federal | ||
law or waive the right to assert exceptions to required disclosure | ||
of the information in the future. | ||
(f) A member of the legislature or legislative staff who | ||
receives information from a health care vendor under this section | ||
may not disclose that information to any person who does not have a | ||
right to access that information under this section. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 2252.909, Government Code, as added by | ||
this Act, applies only to a health care vendor that enters into or | ||
renews a contract with the State of Texas on or after the effective | ||
date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |