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By:  Cook of Colorado                                             H.B. No. 2493



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT
	relating to access to certain obstetrical or gynecological 
care provided by family physicians.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 1451.255(c), Subchapter F, Subtitle F, 
Title 8, Insurance Code, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 1451.255  (c)(1)  This section does not preclude an 
enrollee from selecting a qualified physician, including a family 
physician or internal medicine physician, to provide the enrollee 
with health care services described by Subsection (a).
	(2)  A health benefit plan shall provide notice to its female 
enrolles of their right to select a properly credentialed family 
physician that provides obstetrical or gynecological care to 
enrollees within the network.  Such notice includes the listing of 
properly credentialed family physicians as providers of 
obstetrical and gynecological services within the network and the 
notice of available providers under section 1451.258 of this 
subchapter.
	SECTION 2.  2006. The changes made by this act apply to any 
health benefit plan signed on or after January 1, 2006.  "Any 
contract that renews" includes a contract that renews from one term  
to the next in the absence of contrary notice by one of the parties.
	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, 2005.