Sec. 843.006. PUBLIC DOCUMENTS. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), each application, filing, and report required under this chapter, Section 1367.053, Subchapter A, Chapter 1452, Subchapter B, Chapter 1507, Chapter 222, 251, or 258, as applicable to a health maintenance organization, or Chapter 1271 or 1272 is a public document.
(b) An examination report is confidential but may be released if, in the opinion of the commissioner, the release is in the public interest.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 730 (H.B. 2636), Sec. 2E.030, eff. April 1, 2009.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 6 - Organization of Insurers and Related Entities
Subtitle C - Life, Health, and Accident Insurers and Related Entities
Chapter 843 - Health Maintenance Organizations
Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 843.003. Powers of Insurers and Group Hospital Service Corporations
Section 843.004. Governing Body of Health Maintenance Organization
Section 843.005. Use of Insurance-Related Terms by Health Maintenance Organization
Section 843.006. Public Documents
Section 843.007. Confidentiality of Medical and Health Information
Section 843.008. Costs of Administering Health Maintenance Organization Laws
Section 843.009. Appeals; Judicial Review
Section 843.010. Applicability of Certain Provisions to Governmental Health Benefit Plans