Tex. Ins. Code § 4201.205 · Subchapter E. UTILIZATION REVIEW: RELATIONS WITH PATIENTS AND HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
DESIGNATED INITIAL CONTACT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A health care provider may designate one or more individuals as the initial contact or contacts for a utilization review agent seeking routine information or data.
(b) A designation made under this section may not preclude a utilization review agent or medical advisor from contacting a health care provider or the provider's employees who are not designated under this section under circumstances in which:
(1) a review might otherwise be unreasonably delayed; or
(2) the designated individual is unable to provide the necessary data or information that the agent requests.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 727 (H.B. 2017), Sec. 4, eff. April 1, 2007.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.4201.htm
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- 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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