Bill Text: TX HB817 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the contingent establishment of a health benefit exchange tailored to the needs of the state.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-26 - Referred to Insurance [HB817 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB817-Introduced.html
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| By: Turner of Tarrant | H.B. No. 817 | |
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| relating to the contingent establishment of a health benefit | ||
| exchange tailored to the needs of the state. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. (a) The Health and Human Services Commission, | ||
| the Texas Department of Insurance, or the commission in conjunction | ||
| with the department, shall negotiate with the appropriate federal | ||
| entity for authorization to develop a state health benefit | ||
| exchange. The negotiated authorization must allow the state health | ||
| benefit exchange to be flexible, patient-friendly, tailored to the | ||
| needs of the state, and similar to the health benefit exchange | ||
| described in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Pub. | ||
| L. No. 111-148). | ||
| (b) If the appropriate federal entity authorizes a state | ||
| health benefit exchange described in Subsection (a) of this | ||
| section, the Health and Human Services Commission, the Texas | ||
| Department of Insurance, or the commission in conjunction with the | ||
| department, shall develop and implement the health benefit | ||
| exchange. | ||
| SECTION 2. (a) This Act takes effect on the 91st day after | ||
| the date of publication in the Texas Register by the attorney | ||
| general of a finding that federal tax-credit subsidies do not | ||
| extend to health insurance coverage purchased through a health | ||
| insurance exchange established or operated by the federal | ||
| government under Section 1321, Patient Protection and Affordable | ||
| Care Act (42 U.S.C. Section 18041). | ||
| (b) The attorney general shall monitor federal | ||
| constitutional law and federal court cases related to the extension | ||
| of federal tax-credit subsidies to health insurance coverage | ||
| purchased through a health insurance exchange established or | ||
| operated by the federal government under Section 1321, Patient | ||
| Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. Section 18041). The | ||
| attorney general may make the finding described by Subsection (a) | ||
| of this section at any time the attorney general determines the | ||
| finding is warranted and shall make the finding not later than the | ||
| 60th day after the date of issuance of a United States Supreme Court | ||
| action under which the finding is required. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
