Tex. Ins. Code § 1301.152 · Subchapter D. RELATIONS BETWEEN INSUREDS AND PREFERRED PROVIDERS
CONTINUING CARE IN GENERAL.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An insurer shall establish reasonable procedures for ensuring a transition of insureds to physicians or health care providers and for continuity of treatment.
(b) An insurer shall:
(1) provide, subject to Section 1301.160, reasonable advance notice to an insured of the impending termination of the participation in the plan of a physician or health care provider who is currently treating the insured; and
(2) in the event of termination of a preferred provider's participation in the plan, make available to the insured a current listing of preferred providers.
(c) A contract between an insurer and a physician or health care provider must include a procedure for resolving disputes regarding the necessity for continued treatment by the physician or provider.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. April 1, 2005.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1301.htm
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