Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 3218	House Author:  Phillips
Effective:  9-1-17	Senate Sponsor:  Schwertner

            House Bill 3218 amends the Insurance Code to authorize a health maintenance organization to provide or arrange for health care services through providers or groups of providers who are under contract with an entity that is under contract with the health maintenance organization to provide a network of providers to provide health care services if the contract between the entity and the health maintenance organization meets certain conditions. The bill subjects such an entity and health maintenance organization to statutory provisions relating to the delegation of certain functions by a health maintenance organization as if the entity were a delegated entity, with certain exceptions.