Bill Text: TX HB3325 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the administration of a temporary health insurance risk pool.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-30 - Left pending in committee [HB3325 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3325-Introduced.html
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By: Oliverson | H.B. No. 3325 |
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relating to the administration of a temporary health insurance risk | ||
pool. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 1510.002, Insurance Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1510.002. ESTABLISHMENT OF TEMPORARY HEALTH INSURANCE | ||
RISK POOL. To the extent that federal funds become available under | ||
federal law[ |
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the commissioner may: | ||
(1) apply for such funds; and | ||
(2) use such funds to establish and administer a | ||
temporary health insurance risk pool for the purposes of this | ||
chapter. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 1510.008(a), Insurance Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) The commissioner may apply to the United States | ||
secretary of health and human services: | ||
(1) under 42 U.S.C. Section 18052 for a waiver of | ||
applicable provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care | ||
Act (Pub. L. No. 111-148) and any applicable regulations or | ||
guidance; or | ||
(2) under any applicable provision of federal law | ||
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provisions of any federal law, regulations, or guidance with | ||
respect to health insurance coverage consistent with Section | ||
1510.003. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 1510.012(a), Insurance Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) Beginning June 1, 2020 [ |
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each year, the department shall submit a report to the governor, the | ||
lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of | ||
representatives. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 1510.013, Insurance Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1510.013. EXPIRATION OF CHAPTER. This chapter | ||
expires August 31, 2021 [ |
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SECTION 5. 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, 2019. |