Bill Text: TX SB1375 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the continuation of health care provider participation programs in certain counties.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-18 - Filed [SB1375 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-SB1375-Introduced.html

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89R3747 SRA-D
By: Paxton, Hagenbuch S.B. No. 1375

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the continuation of health care provider participation
programs in certain counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 300.0155, Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 300.0155. EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY. (a) Except as
provided by Subsection (b), the [The] authority of a local
government to administer and operate a program under this chapter
expires on September 1 following the second anniversary of the date
the governing body of the local government adopted the order or
ordinance authorizing the local government to participate in the
program as provided by Section 300.0004.
(b) The authority of a local government to which this
subsection applies to administer and operate a program under this
chapter expires on September 1, 2030. This subsection applies only
to a county:
(1) with a population of one million or more;
(2) in which all or part of a municipality with a
population of one million or more is located; and
(3) that is located adjacent to a county with a
population of 2.5 million or more.
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, 2025.