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Senate Bill 1739 |
Senate Author: Menéndez |
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Effective: 9-1-19 |
House Sponsor: Lucio III et al. |
Senate Bill 1739 amends the Insurance Code to prohibit a health maintenance organization offering a health care plan or an insurer offering a preferred provider benefit plan from refusing to reimburse an in‑network chiropractor or preferred provider chiropractor, respectively, for the performance of a service that is covered by the plan and within the scope of a chiropractor's license solely because the service is provided by a chiropractor. The bill establishes an administrative penalty for a violation of that prohibition or a violation of provisions relating to an insured's selection of a chiropractor.