86R4166 SMT-F
By: Campbell, Buckingham S.B. No. 2252
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the examination by the commissioner of insurance of
certain insurers' network quality and adequacy.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 1301.0056(a) and (d), Insurance Code,
are amended to read as follows:
(a) The commissioner shall [may] examine an insurer to
determine the quality and adequacy of a network used by a preferred
provider benefit plan or an exclusive provider benefit plan offered
by the insurer under this chapter. An insurer is subject to a
qualifying examination of the insurer's preferred provider benefit
plans and exclusive provider benefit plans and subsequent quality
of care and network adequacy examinations by the commissioner at
the commissioner's discretion and at least once every two [five]
years. Documentation provided to the commissioner during an
examination conducted under this section is confidential and is not
subject to disclosure as public information under Chapter 552,
Government Code.
(d) The department shall deposit an assessment collected
under this section to the credit of the account described by Section
401.156(a) [Texas Department of Insurance operating account].
Money deposited under this subsection shall be used to pay the
salaries and expenses of examiners and all other expenses relating
to the examination of insurers under this section.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.