** REVISION **
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Insurance 

TIME & DATE:  10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
Tuesday, April 13, 2021 

PLACE:       E2.014 
CHAIR:       Rep. Tom Oliverson 

The chair may limit testimony time and the number of testifying witnesses to ensure consideration of posted and pending business, especially if testimony would cause the public hearing to extend into the next calendar day.  The order in which bills are heard is subject to change at the discretion of the chair.

HB 240         Thompson, Senfronia | et al.                           
Relating to the requirement and study of insurance coverage for serious emotional disturbance of a child.

HB 359         Geren | et al.                                         
Relating to recovery under uninsured and underinsured motorist insurance coverage.

HB 429         King, Ken                                             
Relating to the coverage of damage from tornadoes and wildfires by the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association.

HB 621         Johnson, Julie                                         
Relating to payment of health benefit claims in coordination with third-party liability insurance.

HB 980         Fierro                                                
Relating to the reimbursement and payment of claims by certain health benefit plan issuers for telemedicine medical services and telehealth services.

HB 1131        Clardy | et al.                                        
Relating to certain insurance practices with respect to repair of motor vehicles.

HB 1460        Oliverson                                             
Relating to regulation of air ambulance subscription providers by the Texas Department of Insurance.

HB 1646        Lambert | et al.                                       
Relating to modification of certain prescription drug benefits and coverage offered by certain health benefit plans.

HB 1793        Johnson, Julie                                         
Relating to prohibiting oral releases for automobile insurance claims.

HB 2035        Johnson, Julie                                         
Relating to utilization review of emergency care claims under health benefit plans.

HB 2118        Lucio III                                             
Relating to deceptive marketing of certain health plans, programs, and arrangements; authorizing an administrative penalty.

HB 2176        Oliverson | et al.                                     
Relating to the reporting and expiration dates of a temporary health insurance risk pool administered by the commissioner of insurance.

HB 2269        Turner, John                                          
Relating to a requirement for and the contents of a declarations page required for certain standard insurance policy forms for personal automobile insurance.

HB 2310        González, Jessica                                      
Relating to conditions applicable to health benefit plan coverage of in vitro fertilization procedures.

HB 2545        Thierry                                               
Relating to health benefit plan coverage of hearing aids and cochlear implants for certain individuals.

HB 2595        Price                                                 
Relating to educational materials and parity law training regarding benefits for mental health conditions and substance use disorders to be made available through a complaint portal and otherwise; designating October as mental health condition and substance use disorder parity awareness month.

HB 2668        Price | et al.                                         
Relating to the effect of certain reductions in a health benefit plan enrollee's out-of-pocket expenses for prescription drugs on enrollee cost-sharing requirements.

HB 2738        Hernandez                                             
Relating to the provision of uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage in automobile liability insurance policies.

HB 2885        Clardy                                                
Relating to continuing education programs for fire detection and alarm device installation.

HB 3235        Klick                                                 
Relating to the investigation by the commissioner of insurance of acts of health care fraud and the prosecution of health care fraud; creating a criminal offense.

HB 3459        Bonnen                                                
Relating to preauthorization and utilization review for certain health benefit plans.

HB 3618        Oliverson                                             
Relating to the comptroller's rulemaking authority under the Insurance Code.

HB 3742        Capriglione | et al.                                   
Relating to a prohibition on the use of genetic information gathered from direct-to-consumer genetic tests by a long-term care benefit plan issuer or a life insurance company.

HB 3969        Sanford                                               
Relating to consideration by an insurer of other insurers' filed rates and factors in setting the insurer's rates.

HB 4012        Bonnen                                                
Relating to disclosures by certain health benefit plans to enrollees regarding certain preauthorized medical care and health care services.

HB 4153        Sanford                                               
Relating to the filing of an annual audit report by a title insurance company, title insurance agent, or direct operation.

HB 4313        Vo                                                    
Relating to the enforcement of insurance laws, including laws governing the unauthorized business of insurance; authorizing administrative penalties.

HB 4469        Bell, Cecil                                           
Relating to the provision of workers' compensation insurance and group accident and health insurance together in a packaged plan.

HB 3899        Sanford                           Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to the applicability of certain rating plan prohibitions for automobile insurance to county mutual insurance companies.

HB 4051        Frank                             Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to method of payment for certain medical care and contract arrangements.

For those persons who will be testifying, information for in-person

witness registration, can be found here:

https://mytxlegis.capitol.texas.gov/HWRSPublic/About.aspx

A live video broadcast of this hearing will be available here:

https://house.texas.gov/video-audio/

Instructions related to public access to the meeting location and health

and safety protocols for attending this meeting are available here:

https://house.texas.gov/committees/public-access-house-committee-meetings/

Texas residents who wish to electronically submit comments related to

agenda items on this notice without testifying in person can do so until

the hearing is adjourned by visiting:

https://comments.house.texas.gov/home?c=c320

Bills added after last posting:

HB 3899

HB 4051

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of this notice.

NOTICE OF ASSISTANCE AT PUBLIC MEETINGS

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