83R11974 PMO-D
By: Sheets H.B. No. 2925
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to alternative dispute resolution of certain insurance
payment disputes with chiropractors.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 1952, Insurance Code, is
amended by adding Section 1952.1561 to read as follows:
Sec. 1952.1561. PAYMENT DISPUTES RELATING TO CHIROPRACTIC
CARE. (a) An insurer may not bring an action related to a payment
required under Section 1952.156 made for chiropractic care unless
not later than one year after the date of service the chiropractor
and the insurer have submitted the dispute to an alternative
dispute resolution process and failed to resolve the dispute.
(b) The statute of limitations applicable to a cause of
action arising out of the dispute is tolled beginning on the date
the dispute arises and ending on the date the alternative dispute
resolution process is completed.
SECTION 2. This Act applies only to an insurance policy that
is delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on or after January 1,
2014. A policy delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed before
January 1, 2014, is governed by the law as it existed immediately
before the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.