By: Phillips (Senate Sponsor - Creighton) H.B. No. 2501
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2017;
  May 4, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Business &
  Commerce; May 15, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:  
  Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 15, 2017, sent to printer.)
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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.  Section 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.  Section 1954.002, Insurance Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 1954.002.  APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.  (a) This chapter
  applies to automobile insurance policies in this state, including
  policies issued by a Lloyd's plan, a reciprocal or interinsurance
  exchange, and a county mutual insurance company.
         (b)  This chapter does not apply to an entity arranging
  nonemergency medical transportation services under a contract with
  the state or a managed care organization for individuals qualifying
  for Medicaid or Medicare unless the entity:
               (1)  provides the transportation services through a
  digital network that connects transportation network company
  drivers to transportation network company riders for prearranged
  rides;
               (2)  contracts individually with each transportation
  network company driver who is connected to transportation network
  company riders for the prearranged rides through the entity's
  digital network; and
               (3)  otherwise meets all requirements under the
  Medicaid or Medicare program for delivery of nonemergency medical
  transportation services.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
 
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