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HB1942 • 2025

Relating to the participation of an advanced practice registered nurse as a participating or preferred provider for health maintenance organizations and preferred provider benefit plans.

Relating to the participation of an advanced practice registered nurse as a participating or preferred provider for health maintenance organizations and preferred provider benefit plans.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Smithee
Last action
2025-05-21
Official status
05/21/2025 S Left pending in committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Relating to the participation of an advanced practice registered nurse as a participating or preferred provider for health maintenance organizations and preferred provider benefit plans.

Relating to the participation of an advanced practice registered nurse as a participating or preferred provider for health maintenance organizations and preferred provider benefit plans.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to the participation of an advanced practice registered nurse as a participating or preferred provider for health maintenance organizations and preferred provider benefit plans.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  2. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  3. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken in committee

  4. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  5. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the House

  6. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  7. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Health & Human Services

  8. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  9. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  10. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#2481

  11. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  12. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  13. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment

  14. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#2410

  15. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  16. 2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  17. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  18. 2025-05-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  19. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  20. 2025-04-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  21. 2025-04-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  22. 2025-04-03 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in formal meeting

  23. 2025-04-03 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  24. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  25. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  26. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  27. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  28. 2025-03-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  29. 2025-03-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Insurance

  30. 2025-01-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to the participation of an advanced practice registered nurse as a participating or preferred provider for health maintenance organizations and preferred provider benefit plans.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HB 1942 - Engrossed version - Bill Text

89R5965 SCF-D

By: Smithee, et al.

H.B. No. 1942

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the participation of an advanced practice registered

nurse as a participating or preferred provider for health

maintenance organizations and preferred provider benefit plans.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 843, Insurance Code, is

amended by adding Section 843.3125 to read as follows:

Sec.

843.3125.

CONTRACTS WITH ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED

NURSES. (a) A health maintenance organization may contract

directly with an advanced practice registered nurse to provide

health care services on behalf of the health maintenance

organization regardless of whether the physician supervising the

advanced practice registered nurse provides health care services

for the health maintenance organization.

(b)

This section may not be construed as authorizing a

health maintenance organization to supervise or control the

practice of medicine as prohibited by Subtitle B, Title 3,

Occupations Code.

SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 1301, Insurance Code, is

amended by adding Section 1301.0525 to read as follows:

Sec.

1301.0525.

DESIGNATION OF ADVANCED PRACTICE

REGISTERED NURSES AS PREFERRED PROVIDERS. (a) An insurer offering

a preferred provider benefit plan may designate an advanced

practice registered nurse as a preferred provider regardless of

whether the physician supervising the advanced practice registered

nurse is a preferred provider.

(b)

This section may not be construed as authorizing an

insurer to supervise or control the practice of medicine as

prohibited by Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.