83R10259 PMO-D
 
  By: Herrero H.B. No. 3329
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to certain reimbursement rates offered by health benefit
  plan administrators for certain health coverage plans.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 1579, Insurance Code, is
  amended by adding Section 1579.109 to read as follows:
         Sec. 1579.109.  LIMITATIONS.  The trustee may not contract
  for or provide a health coverage plan that provides a reimbursement
  rate for a health care service that is less than the greater of the
  rate paid by the state Medicaid program or the federal Medicare
  program for that service.
         SECTION 2.  Section 1579.109, Insurance Code, as added by
  this Act, applies only to a health coverage plan provided under
  Chapter 1579, Insurance Code, beginning with the 2014-2015 plan
  year. A plan year before 2014-2015 is governed by the law as it
  existed immediately before September 1, 2014, and that law is
  continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.