HB3747 - Relating to allowing Medicaid managed care organizations to engage in marketing about the availability of certain private health benefit plan coverage.

  89R18110 JG-D     By: Manuel H.B. No. 3747     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3747:     By:  Hull C.S.H.B. No. 3747       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to allowing Medicaid managed care organizations to engage   in marketing about the availability of certain private health   benefit plan coverage.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 540.0055, Government Code, as effective   April 1, 2025, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as   follows:           (c)     The marketing guidelines the commission establishes   under this section may not prohibit a Medicaid managed care   organization from:                 (1)     informing an individual, including a current or   former recipient, about the availability of qualified health plans   offered through an exchange, as the terms "exchange"   and "qualified   health plan"   are defined by 45 C.F.R. Section 155.20; or                 (2)     advertising a Medicare Advantage plan or related   benefit offered under Part C of Title XVIII of the Social Security   Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1395w-21 et seq.) at a community enrollment   or other event.          SECTION 2.  If before implementing any provision of this Act   a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a   federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision,   the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or   authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the   waiver or authorization is granted.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.