89R5965 SCF-D     By: Perry S.B. No. 1487       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.