Bill Text: TX SB2252 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the examination by the commissioner of insurance of certain insurers' network quality and adequacy.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-21 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB2252 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB2252-Introduced.html
86R4166 SMT-F | ||
By: Campbell, Buckingham | S.B. No. 2252 |
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relating to the examination by the commissioner of insurance of | ||
certain insurers' network quality and adequacy. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 1301.0056(a) and (d), Insurance Code, | ||
are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The commissioner shall [ |
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determine the quality and adequacy of a network used by a preferred | ||
provider benefit plan or an exclusive provider benefit plan offered | ||
by the insurer under this chapter. An insurer is subject to a | ||
qualifying examination of the insurer's preferred provider benefit | ||
plans and exclusive provider benefit plans and subsequent quality | ||
of care and network adequacy examinations by the commissioner at | ||
the commissioner's discretion and at least once every two [ |
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years. Documentation provided to the commissioner during an | ||
examination conducted under this section is confidential and is not | ||
subject to disclosure as public information under Chapter 552, | ||
Government Code. | ||
(d) The department shall deposit an assessment collected | ||
under this section to the credit of the account described by Section | ||
401.156(a) [ |
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Money deposited under this subsection shall be used to pay the | ||
salaries and expenses of examiners and all other expenses relating | ||
to the examination of insurers under this section. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |