H.B. No. 389
AN ACT
relating to requirements for expedited credentialing of certain
physicians by managed care plans.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1452.101(5), Insurance Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(5) "Medical group" means:
(A) a single legal entity owned by two or more
physicians;
(B) a professional association composed of
licensed physicians; [corporation] or
(C) any other business entity composed of
licensed physicians as permitted under Subchapter B, Chapter 162,
Occupations Code.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to credentialing of a physician under a contract entered into or
renewed by a medical group and an issuer of a managed care plan on or
after the effective date of this Act. A contract entered into or
renewed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law
in effect immediately before that date, and that law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 389 was passed by the House on April
15, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 389 was passed by the Senate on May
26, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor