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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the use of state resources to implement or enforce the |
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federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Title 8, Insurance Code, is amended by adding |
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Subtitle L to read as follows: |
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SUBTITLE L. FEDERAL PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT |
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CHAPTER 1691. IMPLEMENTATION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ACT PROHIBITED |
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Sec. 1691.001. PROHIBITION ON USE OF PUBLIC RESOURCES. No |
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funds, personnel, or other resources of the state or a political |
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subdivision of the state may be used to enforce the Patient |
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Protection and Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. No. 111-148), as |
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amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 |
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(Pub. L. No. 111-152). |
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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, 2015. |