78R6587 AJA-D
By: Smithee H.B. No. 1399
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to joint negotiation by physicians and health benefit
plans.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 29.14, Insurance Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Art. 29.14. EXPIRATION. This chapter expires September 1,
2007 [2003].
SECTION 2. 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, 2003.