Health insurance; assignment of benefits. [SB-1513]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Health insurance; assignment of benefits. Prohibits insurers issuing individual or group accident and sickness insurance policies providing hospital, medical and surgical, or major medical coverage on an expense-incurred basis, corporations providing individual or group accident and sickness subscription contracts, health maintenance organizations providing health care plans for health care services, and dental services plans offering or administering prepaid dental services from refusing to accept assignments of benefits executed by covered individuals
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SB-1513: Health insurance; assignment of benefits.
Sponsored by: Sen. Frank Wagner
Passed By Indefinitely In Commerce And Labor With Letter (15-y 0-n) on 02/03/2017
HB-2257: Relating to prohibiting an insurer from directing a policyholder to certain entities to provide certain medical or health care services and supplies to the policyholder.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sergio Munoz
Read First Time on 03/15/2017
You have voted HB-2257: Relating to prohibiting an insurer from directing a policyholder to certain entities to provide certain medical or health care services and supplies to the policyholder..
HB-2238: Relating to franchise tax and insurance premium tax credits for investment in certain communities; imposing a monetary penalty; authorizing fees.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eddie Lucio
Read First Time on 03/20/2017
You have voted HB-2238: Relating to franchise tax and insurance premium tax credits for investment in certain communities; imposing a monetary penalty; authorizing fees..
Conservators of the peace, special; authority, mandatory liability insurance. [HB-2416]
[Insurance ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Special conservators of the peace; authority; insurance. Replaces the powers that may be provided in the power of appointment for a special conservator of the peace (SCOP) which may include all powers, functions, responsibilities, and authority of any other conservator of the peace, with only the duties for which the SCOP is qualified as specified on his application. The bill requires the order of appointment to provide that such duties shall be exercised only in the geographical limitations specified by the court. The bill requires that the order
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HB-2416: Conservators of the peace, special; authority, mandatory liability insurance.
Sponsored by: Rep. Hyland Fowler
Left In Militia, Police And Public Safety on 02/07/2017
Health insurance; use of drug pricing benchmark value. [HB-2400]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Drug pricing benchmark value. Requires health insurers and other carriers to utilize the same drug pricing benchmark value to reimburse providers, to charge the sponsor of a health plan, and to develop premiums for a health benefit plan. The measure defines a drug pricing benchmark value as the base price of a prescription drug from which the carrier may deviate for reimbursement purposes.
HB-2400: Health insurance; use of drug pricing benchmark value.
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris Head
Tabled In Commerce And Labor By Voice Vote on 01/31/2017
You have voted HB-2145: Relating to premium increase for a collision in which the insured is not at fault under a personal automobile insurance policy..
You have voted HB-2152: Relating to the reporting of certain claims information by automobile and residential property insurers to the Texas Department of Insurance..
HB-2150: Relating to reporting to the Texas Department of Insurance certain information related to the denial of claims by personal automobile and residential property insurers.
Sponsored by: Rep. Yvonne Davis
Scheduled For Public Hearing On . . . on 04/25/2017
You have voted HB-2150: Relating to reporting to the Texas Department of Insurance certain information related to the denial of claims by personal automobile and residential property insurers..