By: Phillips H.B. No. 2501
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to insurance requirements for certain nonemergency
  medical transportation.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  S
  ection 1954.001(4), Insurance Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
               (4)  "Transportation network company" means a
  corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, or other entity
  operating in this state that uses a digital network to connect a
  transportation network company rider to a transportation network
  company driver for a prearranged ride. [The term does not include an
  entity arranging nonemergency medical transportation under a
  contract with the state or a managed care organization for
  individuals qualifying for Medicaid or Medicare.]
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.