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Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 1301.001. Definitions - Sec. 1301.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Exclusive provider benefit...
Section 1301.002. Nonapplicability to Dental Care Benefits - Sec. 1301.002. NONAPPLICABILITY TO DENTAL CARE BENEFITS. This chapter does...
Section 1301.003. Preferred Provider Benefit Plans and Exclusive Provider Benefit Plans Permitted - Sec. 1301.003. PREFERRED PROVIDER BENEFIT PLANS AND EXCLUSIVE PROVIDER BENEFIT...
Section 1301.0041. Applicability - Sec. 1301.0041. APPLICABILITY. (a) Except as otherwise specifically provided by...
Section 1301.0042. Applicability of Insurance Law - Sec. 1301.0042. APPLICABILITY OF INSURANCE LAW. (a) Except as provided...
Section 1301.0045. Construction of Chapter - Sec. 1301.0045. CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER. (a) Except as provided by...
Section 1301.0046. Coinsurance Requirements for Services of Nonpreferred Providers - Sec. 1301.0046. COINSURANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR SERVICES OF NONPREFERRED PROVIDERS. The...
Section 1301.005. Availability of Preferred Providers - Sec. 1301.005. AVAILABILITY OF PREFERRED PROVIDERS. (a) An insurer offering...
Section 1301.0051. Exclusive Provider Benefit Plans: Quality Improvement and Utilization Management - Sec. 1301.0051. EXCLUSIVE PROVIDER BENEFIT PLANS: QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AND UTILIZATION...
Section 1301.0052. Exclusive Provider Benefit Plans: Referrals for Medically Necessary Services - Sec. 1301.0052. EXCLUSIVE PROVIDER BENEFIT PLANS: REFERRALS FOR MEDICALLY NECESSARY...
Section 1301.0053. Exclusive Provider Benefit Plans: Emergency Care - Sec. 1301.0053. EXCLUSIVE PROVIDER BENEFIT PLANS: EMERGENCY CARE. (a) If...
Section 1301.0055. Network Adequacy Standards - Sec. 1301.0055. NETWORK ADEQUACY STANDARDS. The commissioner shall by rule...
Section 1301.0056. Examinations and Fees - Sec. 1301.0056. EXAMINATIONS AND FEES. (a) The commissioner shall examine...
Section 1301.0057. Access to Out-of-Network Providers - Sec. 1301.0057. ACCESS TO OUT-OF-NETWORK PROVIDERS. An insurer may not...
Section 1301.0058. Protected Communications by Preferred Providers - Sec. 1301.0058. PROTECTED COMMUNICATIONS BY PREFERRED PROVIDERS. (a) An insurer...
Section 1301.006. Availability of and Accessibility to Health Care Services - Sec. 1301.006. AVAILABILITY OF AND ACCESSIBILITY TO HEALTH CARE SERVICES....
Section 1301.0061. Terms of Enrollee Eligibility - Sec. 1301.0061. TERMS OF ENROLLEE ELIGIBILITY. (a) A contract between...
Section 1301.007. Rules - Sec. 1301.007. RULES. The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary...
Section 1301.008. Conflict With Other Law - Sec. 1301.008. CONFLICT WITH OTHER LAW. To the extent of...
Section 1301.009. Annual Report - Sec. 1301.009. ANNUAL REPORT. (a) Not later than March 1...
Section 1301.010. Balance Billing Prohibition Notice - Sec. 1301.010. BALANCE BILLING PROHIBITION NOTICE. (a) An insurer shall...
Subchapter B. Relations With Physicians or Health Care Providers
Section 1301.051. Designation as Preferred Provider - Sec. 1301.051. DESIGNATION AS PREFERRED PROVIDER. (a) An insurer shall...
Section 1301.0515. Acupuncturist Services - Sec. 1301.0515. ACUPUNCTURIST SERVICES. (a) An insurer offering a preferred...
Section 1301.0516. Chiropractic Services - Sec. 1301.0516. CHIROPRACTIC SERVICES. (a) An insurer offering a preferred...
Section 1301.052. Designation of Advanced Practice Nurse or Physician Assistant as Preferred Provider - Sec. 1301.052. DESIGNATION OF ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSE OR PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT...
Section 1301.0521. Designation of Certain Podiatrists as Preferred Providers - Sec. 1301.0521. DESIGNATION OF CERTAIN PODIATRISTS AS PREFERRED PROVIDERS. (a)...
Section 1301.0522. Designation of Certain Optometrists, Therapeutic Optometrists, and Ophthalmologists as Preferred Providers - Sec. 1301.0522. DESIGNATION OF CERTAIN OPTOMETRISTS, THERAPEUTIC OPTOMETRISTS, AND OPHTHALMOLOGISTS...
Section 1301.053. Appeal Relating to Designation as Preferred Provider - Sec. 1301.053. APPEAL RELATING TO DESIGNATION AS PREFERRED PROVIDER. (a)...
Section 1301.054. Notice to Practitioners of Preferred Provider Benefit Plan - Sec. 1301.054. NOTICE TO PRACTITIONERS OF PREFERRED PROVIDER BENEFIT PLAN....
Section 1301.055. Complaint Resolution - Sec. 1301.055. COMPLAINT RESOLUTION. (a) Each contract under a preferred...
Section 1301.056. Restrictions on Payment and Reimbursement - Sec. 1301.056. RESTRICTIONS ON PAYMENT AND REIMBURSEMENT. (a) An insurer...
Section 1301.057. Termination of Participation; Expedited Review Process - Sec. 1301.057. TERMINATION OF PARTICIPATION; EXPEDITED REVIEW PROCESS. (a) Before...
Section 1301.058. Economic Profiling - Sec. 1301.058. ECONOMIC PROFILING. An insurer that conducts, uses, or...
Section 1301.059. Quality Assessment - Sec. 1301.059. QUALITY ASSESSMENT. (a) In this section, "quality assessment"...
Section 1301.060. Compensation on Discounted Fee Basis - Sec. 1301.060. COMPENSATION ON DISCOUNTED FEE BASIS. A preferred provider...
Section 1301.061. Preferred Provider Networks - Sec. 1301.061. PREFERRED PROVIDER NETWORKS. (a) An insurer may enter...
Section 1301.062. Preferred Provider Contracts Between Insurers and Podiatrists - Sec. 1301.062. PREFERRED PROVIDER CONTRACTS BETWEEN INSURERS AND PODIATRISTS. A...
Section 1301.0625. Health Care Collaboratives - Sec. 1301.0625. HEALTH CARE COLLABORATIVES. (a) Subject to the requirements...
Section 1301.063. Contract Provisions Relating to Use of Hospitalist - Sec. 1301.063. CONTRACT PROVISIONS RELATING TO USE OF HOSPITALIST. (a)...
Section 1301.064. Contract Provisions Relating to Payment of Claims - Sec. 1301.064. CONTRACT PROVISIONS RELATING TO PAYMENT OF CLAIMS. Subject...
Section 1301.0641. Contract Provisions Prohibiting Rejection of Batched Claims - Sec. 1301.0641. CONTRACT PROVISIONS PROHIBITING REJECTION OF BATCHED CLAIMS. (a)...
Section 1301.065. Shifting of Insurer's Tort Liability Prohibited - Sec. 1301.065. SHIFTING OF INSURER'S TORT LIABILITY PROHIBITED. A preferred...
Section 1301.066. Retaliation Against Preferred Provider Prohibited - Sec. 1301.066. RETALIATION AGAINST PREFERRED PROVIDER PROHIBITED. An insurer may...
Section 1301.067. Interference With Relationship Between Patient and Physician or Health Care Provider Prohibited - Sec. 1301.067. INTERFERENCE WITH RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PATIENT AND PHYSICIAN OR...
Section 1301.068. Inducement to Limit Medically Necessary Services Prohibited - Sec. 1301.068. INDUCEMENT TO LIMIT MEDICALLY NECESSARY SERVICES PROHIBITED. (a)...
Section 1301.069. Services Provided by Certain Physicians and Health Care Providers - Sec. 1301.069. SERVICES PROVIDED BY CERTAIN PHYSICIANS AND HEALTH CARE...
Subchapter C. Prompt Payment of Claims
Section 1301.101. Definition - Sec. 1301.101. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "clean claim" means a...
Section 1301.102. Submission of Claim - Sec. 1301.102. SUBMISSION OF CLAIM. (a) A physician or health...
Section 1301.1021. Receipt of Claim - Sec. 1301.1021. RECEIPT OF CLAIM. (a) If a claim for...
Section 1301.103. Deadline for Action on Clean Claims - Sec. 1301.103. DEADLINE FOR ACTION ON CLEAN CLAIMS. Except as...
Section 1301.104. Deadline for Action on Pharmacy Claims; Payment - Sec. 1301.104. DEADLINE FOR ACTION ON PHARMACY CLAIMS; PAYMENT. (a)...
Section 1301.105. Audited Claims - Sec. 1301.105. AUDITED CLAIMS. (a) Except as provided by Section...
Section 1301.1051. Completion of Audit - Sec. 1301.1051. COMPLETION OF AUDIT. The insurer must complete an...
Section 1301.1052. Preferred Provider Appeal After Audit - Sec. 1301.1052. PREFERRED PROVIDER APPEAL AFTER AUDIT. If a preferred...
Section 1301.1053. Deadlines Not Extended - Sec. 1301.1053. DEADLINES NOT EXTENDED. The investigation and determination of...
Section 1301.1054. Requests for Additional Information - Sec. 1301.1054. REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. (a) If an insurer...
Section 1301.106. Claims Processing Procedures and Claims Payment Processes - Sec. 1301.106. CLAIMS PROCESSING PROCEDURES AND CLAIMS PAYMENT PROCESSES. (a)...
Section 1301.107. Contractual Waiver and Other Actions Prohibited - Sec. 1301.107. CONTRACTUAL WAIVER AND OTHER ACTIONS PROHIBITED. Except as...
Section 1301.108. Attorney's Fees - Sec. 1301.108. ATTORNEY'S FEES. A preferred provider may recover reasonable...
Section 1301.109. Applicability to Entities Contracting With Insurer - Sec. 1301.109. APPLICABILITY TO ENTITIES CONTRACTING WITH INSURER. This subchapter...
Subchapter C. -1. Other Provisions Relating to Payment of Claims
Section 1301.131. Elements of Clean Claim - Sec. 1301.131. ELEMENTS OF CLEAN CLAIM. (a) A nonelectronic claim...
Section 1301.132. Overpayment - Sec. 1301.132. OVERPAYMENT. (a) An insurer may recover an overpayment...
Section 1301.133. Verification - Sec. 1301.133. VERIFICATION. (a) In this section, "verification" includes preauthorization...
Section 1301.134. Coordination of Payment - Sec. 1301.134. COORDINATION OF PAYMENT. (a) An insurer may require...
Section 1301.135. Preauthorization of Medical and Health Care Services - Sec. 1301.135. PREAUTHORIZATION OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH CARE SERVICES. (a)...
Section 1301.1351. Posting of Preauthorization Requirements - Sec. 1301.1351. POSTING OF PREAUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENTS. (a) An insurer that...
Section 1301.1353. Remedy for Noncompliance - Sec. 1301.1353. REMEDY FOR NONCOMPLIANCE. (a) In addition to any...
Section 1301.136. Availability of Coding Guidelines - Sec. 1301.136. AVAILABILITY OF CODING GUIDELINES. (a) A contract between...
Section 1301.137. Violation of Claims Payment Requirements; Penalty - Sec. 1301.137. VIOLATION OF CLAIMS PAYMENT REQUIREMENTS; PENALTY. (a) Except...
Section 1301.138. Applicability to Entities Contracting With Insurer - Sec. 1301.138. APPLICABILITY TO ENTITIES CONTRACTING WITH INSURER. This subchapter...
Section 1301.139. Legislative Declaration - Sec. 1301.139. LEGISLATIVE DECLARATION. It is the intent of the...
Subchapter D. Relations Between Insureds and Preferred Providers
Section 1301.151. Insured's Right to Treatment - Sec. 1301.151. INSURED'S RIGHT TO TREATMENT. Each insured is entitled...
Section 1301.152. Continuing Care in General - Sec. 1301.152. CONTINUING CARE IN GENERAL. (a) An insurer shall...
Section 1301.153. Continuity of Care - Sec. 1301.153. CONTINUITY OF CARE. (a) In this section: (1)...
Section 1301.154. Obligation for Continuity of Care of Insurer - Sec. 1301.154. OBLIGATION FOR CONTINUITY OF CARE OF INSURER. (a)...
Section 1301.155. Emergency Care - Sec. 1301.155. EMERGENCY CARE. (a) In this section, "emergency care"...
Section 1301.156. Payment of Claims to Insured - Sec. 1301.156. PAYMENT OF CLAIMS TO INSURED. An insurer shall...
Section 1301.157. Plain Language Requirements - Sec. 1301.157. PLAIN LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS. Each health insurance policy, health...
Section 1301.158. Information Concerning Preferred Provider Benefit Plans - Sec. 1301.158. INFORMATION CONCERNING PREFERRED PROVIDER BENEFIT PLANS. (a) In...
Section 1301.1581. Information Concerning Exclusive Provider Benefit Plans - Sec. 1301.1581. INFORMATION CONCERNING EXCLUSIVE PROVIDER BENEFIT PLANS. (a) In...
Section 1301.159. Annual List of Preferred Providers - Sec. 1301.159. ANNUAL LIST OF PREFERRED PROVIDERS. A current list...
Section 1301.1591. Preferred Provider Information on Internet - Sec. 1301.1591. PREFERRED PROVIDER INFORMATION ON INTERNET. (a) An insurer...
Section 1301.160. Notification of Termination of Participation of Preferred Provider - Sec. 1301.160. NOTIFICATION OF TERMINATION OF PARTICIPATION OF PREFERRED PROVIDER....
Section 1301.161. Retaliation Against Insured Prohibited - Sec. 1301.161. RETALIATION AGAINST INSURED PROHIBITED. An insurer may not...
Section 1301.162. Identification Card - Sec. 1301.162. IDENTIFICATION CARD. An identification card or other similar...
Section 1301.163. Applicability of Subchapter to Entities Contracting With Insurer - Sec. 1301.163. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER TO ENTITIES CONTRACTING WITH INSURER....
Section 1301.164. Out-of-Network Facility-Based Providers - Sec. 1301.164. OUT-OF-NETWORK FACILITY-BASED PROVIDERS. (a) In this section, "facility-based...
Section 1301.165. Out-of-Network Diagnostic Imaging Provider or Laboratory Service Provider - Sec. 1301.165. OUT-OF-NETWORK DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING PROVIDER OR LABORATORY SERVICE PROVIDER....
Subchapter E. Certain Health Care Providers
Section 1301.201. Contracts With and Reimbursement for Nurse First Assistants - Sec. 1301.201. CONTRACTS WITH AND REIMBURSEMENT FOR NURSE FIRST ASSISTANTS....
Section 1301.202. Contracts With Hospitals - Sec. 1301.202. CONTRACTS WITH HOSPITALS. (a) An insurer that contracts...