Bill Text: TX HJR132 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing certain payment for health care services and prohibiting requiring participation in a mandatory health care system.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-24 - Referred to Insurance [HJR132 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HJR132-Introduced.html
By: Laubenberg | H.J.R. No. 132 |
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proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing certain payment | ||
for health care services and prohibiting requiring participation in | ||
a mandatory health care system. | ||
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Article III, Texas Constitution, is amended by | ||
adding Section 68 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 68. (a) In this section: | ||
(1) "Direct payment" means any payment for health care | ||
services provided to an individual or dependent of the individual | ||
that is made by the individual or an employer who pays any portion | ||
of the service on behalf of the individual. | ||
(2) "Health care system" means any public or private | ||
entity, including a health insurer or health benefit plan, that for | ||
the benefit of its participants manages, enrolls individuals in, or | ||
makes full or partial payment for health care services. | ||
(b) This state, an agency of this state, or a health care | ||
system may not: | ||
(1) impose a fine or penalty on an individual or the | ||
individual's employer for direct payment for a health care service; | ||
(2) prohibit a health care provider from, or fine or | ||
penalize a health care provider for, billing for or accepting | ||
direct payment for a health care service; or | ||
(3) directly or indirectly require an individual, | ||
employer, or health care provider to participate in a health care | ||
system, including imposing a fine or penalty for failure to | ||
participate. | ||
(c) This section does not: | ||
(1) affect which health care services a health care | ||
provider or hospital is required to provide; | ||
(2) affect which health care services are permitted by | ||
law; | ||
(3) prohibit care provided pursuant to a workers' | ||
compensation claim. | ||
(d) This section may not be construed to prohibit a | ||
negotiated provision in any insurance contract, network agreement, | ||
or other provider agreement contractually limiting copayments, | ||
coinsurance, deductibles, or other patient charges. | ||
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 3, 2015. | ||
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | ||
proposition: "A constitutional amendment authorizing certain | ||
payment for health care services and prohibiting requiring | ||
participation in a health care system." |