Tex. Ins. Code § 1223.002 · Chapter 1223. VERIFICATION OF HEALTH BENEFITS
INTERNET WEBSITE FOR VERIFICATION REQUIRED FOR EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS AND HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A health benefit plan issuer shall maintain and make available a secure system on the issuer's Internet website that allows a physician or health care provider for a hospital or freestanding emergency medical care facility to determine at any time:
(1) whether the physician's or provider's patient is covered by the issuer's health benefit plan; and
(2) the deductible, copayment, or coinsurance for which the patient is responsible.
(b) A health benefit plan issuer may provide the information described by Subsection (a) through:
(1) an existing Internet portal that is available at all times; or
(2) an Internet portal that is:
(A) provided by a third party contracting with the issuer; and
(B) available at all times.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 881 (H.B. 4500), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2024.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1223.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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