Bill Text: TX SB1112 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the use of state resources to implement or enforce the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-16 - Referred to Finance [SB1112 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-SB1112-Introduced.html

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By: Burton S.B. No. 1112

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of state resources to implement or enforce the
federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Title 8, Insurance Code, is amended by adding
Subtitle L to read as follows:
SUBTITLE L. FEDERAL PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
CHAPTER 1691. IMPLEMENTATION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ACT PROHIBITED
Sec. 1691.001. PROHIBITION ON USE OF PUBLIC RESOURCES. No
funds, personnel, or other resources of the state or a political
subdivision of the state may be used to enforce the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. No. 111-148), as
amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010
(Pub. L. No. 111-152).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2015.