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HB3747 • 2025

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

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

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Manuel
Last action
2025-04-28
Official status
04/28/2025 H Laid on the table subject to call
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 allowing Medicaid managed care organizations to engage in marketing about the availability of certain private health benefit plan coverage.

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

What This Bill Does

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

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. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  2. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Companion considered in lieu of. SB 963

  3. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Laid on the table subject to call

  4. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  5. 2025-04-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  6. 2025-04-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  7. 2025-04-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  8. 2025-04-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  9. 2025-04-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee substitute considered in committee

  10. 2025-04-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably as substituted

  11. 2025-04-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  12. 2025-04-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  13. 2025-04-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee substitute considered in committee

  14. 2025-04-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  15. 2025-04-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  16. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  17. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Human Services

  18. 2025-03-04 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

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

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HB 3747 - House Committee Report version - Bill Text

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.