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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to eligibility to participate in the Texas Health |
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Insurance Risk Pool by individuals whose employers participate in |
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certain regional or local health care programs. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 1506, Insurance Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 1506.1531 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 1506.1531. CERTAIN REGIONAL OR LOCAL HEALTH CARE PLANS |
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NOT DISQUALIFYING. Notwithstanding Section 1506.152 or 1506.153 or |
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another provision of this chapter, an individual is not ineligible |
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for coverage from the pool solely because: |
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(1) the individual's employer participates in a |
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program operated in accordance with Chapter 75, Health and Safety |
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Code, or a program operated on a similar basis, as determined by the |
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board; or |
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(2) the individual receives health care services or |
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benefits under the program. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |