Bill Text: TX HB1757 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of an insured to select a pharmacist under the insured's health insurance policy.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-29 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB1757 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1757-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 1757 | ||
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| 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 to practice pharmacy under Subtitle J, Title 3, Occupations | ||
| Code. | ||
| 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. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 1757 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 18, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 1757 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 15, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
