Bill Text: TX SB515 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to required individual health insurance coverage.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-22 - Co-author authorized [SB515 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB515-Introduced.html
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| By: Patrick | S.B. No. 515 | |
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| relating to required individual health insurance coverage. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 8, Insurance Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Chapter 1220 to read as follows: | ||
| CHAPTER 1220. INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE NOT REQUIRED | ||
| Sec. 1220.001. COVERAGE MANDATE PROHIBITED; EXCEPTIONS. | ||
| (a) Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (c), an individual | ||
| may not be required to obtain or maintain coverage under an | ||
| individual health insurance policy. | ||
| (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to an individual who is | ||
| required to obtain or maintain health benefit plan coverage: | ||
| (1) by an institution of higher education at which the | ||
| individual is or will be enrolled as a student; or | ||
| (2) under an order requiring medical support for a | ||
| child. | ||
| (c) Subsection (a) does not apply to an individual | ||
| voluntarily applying for benefits under a state-administered | ||
| program under Title XIX, Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section | ||
| 1396 et seq.), or Title XXI, Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section | ||
| 1397aa et seq.). | ||
| Sec. 1220.002. PENALTY PROHIBITED. (a) Except as provided | ||
| by Subsection (b), a fine or penalty may not be imposed on an | ||
| individual if the individual chooses not to obtain or maintain | ||
| coverage under an individual health insurance policy. | ||
| (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a fine or penalty | ||
| imposed on an individual described in Section 1220.001(b) for the | ||
| individual's failure to obtain or maintain health benefit plan | ||
| coverage. | ||
| 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, 2011. | ||
