Bill Text: TX HB463 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to reciprocity agreements between certain air ambulance companies operating a subscription program.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Vetoed) 2019-06-15 - Vetoed by the Governor [HB463 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB463-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 463 |
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relating to reciprocity agreements between certain air ambulance | ||
companies operating a subscription program. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 773.011, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by amending Subsections (b) and (e) and adding Subsection | ||
(d-1) to read as follows: | ||
(b) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules | ||
establishing minimum standards for the creation and operation of a | ||
subscription program. The rules must: | ||
(1) ensure the protection of public health and safety; | ||
(2) ensure compliance with federal laws and rules | ||
related to air ambulance subscription program services; and | ||
(3) establish minimum standards and objectives for the | ||
delivery of air ambulance emergency medical services provided in | ||
accordance with a reciprocity agreement entered into under | ||
Subsection (d-1). | ||
(d-1) To ensure maximum geographic coverage for patients | ||
covered under a subscription program, an air ambulance company that | ||
operates a subscription program shall, in accordance with executive | ||
commissioner rules, enter into a reciprocity agreement with each | ||
other air ambulance company that operates a subscription program in | ||
the same service delivery area. | ||
(e) The Insurance Code does not apply to a subscription | ||
program established or a reciprocity agreement entered into under | ||
this section. | ||
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement | ||
Section 773.011, Health and Safety Code, as amended by this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2020. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 463 was passed by the House on April | ||
9, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 7, 2 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 463 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 121, Nays 20, | ||
2 present, not voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 463 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |