86R7218 SCL-D
 
  By: Lucio III H.B. No. 1757
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the authority of an insured to select a pharmacist under
  the insured's health insurance policy.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1451.001, Insurance Code, is amended by
  adding Subdivision (13-a) to read as follows:
               (13-a) "Pharmacist" means an individual licensed to
  practice pharmacy by the Texas State Board of Pharmacy.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter C, Chapter 1451, Insurance Code, is
  amended by adding Section 1451.128 to read as follows:
         Sec. 1451.128.  SELECTION OF PHARMACIST. An insured may
  select a pharmacist to provide the services scheduled in the health
  insurance policy that are within the scope of the pharmacist's
  license.
         SECTION 3.  Section 1451.128, Insurance Code, as added by
  this Act, applies only to an insurance policy delivered, issued for
  delivery, or renewed on or after January 1, 2020. An insurance
  policy delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed before January 1,
  2020, is governed by the law as it existed immediately before the
  effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for
  that purpose.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.