Bill Amendment: TX SB2124 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature

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Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a health benefit plan sponsor to consent to electronic delivery of certain communications on behalf of a party enrolled in the plan.

Status: 2021-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/21 [SB2124 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB2124-House_Amendment_H_2_1-Minjarez.html

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Amend SB 2124 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Subchapter F, Chapter 843, Insurance Code, is amended by adding Section 843.212 to read as follows:

Sec. 843.212.  PHYSICAL THERAPIST COPAYMENT LIMIT. A health care plan that requires an enrollee to pay a copayment for an office visit with the enrollee's primary care physician or provider may not charge a higher copayment amount to that enrollee for an office visit with a physical therapist.

SECTION ____.  Subchapter D, Chapter 1301, Insurance Code, is amended by adding Section 1301.166 to read as follows:

Sec. 1301.166.  PHYSICAL THERAPIST COPAYMENT LIMIT. A preferred provider benefit plan that requires an insured to pay a copayment for an office visit with the insured's primary care physician or provider may not charge a higher copayment amount to that insured for an office visit with a physical therapist.