Amend SB 155 on Page 8, line 20, by inserting the following 
sections renumbering accordingly:
	SECTION      .  Subtitle F, Title 8, Insurance Code, is amended 
by adding Chapter 1457 to read as follows:

CHAPTER 1457 PROVISIONAL CREDENTIALING STATUS
	Sec. 1457.001 DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:                             
		(1)  "Enrollee" means an individual who is eligible to 
receive health care services through a health benefit plan.
		(2) "Physician"  means an individual licensed to 
practice medicine in this state under the authority of Title 3, 
Subtitle B, Occupations Code. 
		(3) "Provider network" means a health benefit plan 
under which health care services are provided to enrollees through 
contracts with physicians and that requires those enrollees to use 
physicians participating in the plan and procedures covered by the 
plan. The term includes a network operated by:
			(A) a health maintenance organization;                                
			(B)  a preferred provider organization; or                            
			(C)  another entity that issues a health benefit 
plan, including an insurance company.
	Sec. 1457.002.  APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.  This chapter 
applies to any health benefit plan covered by Section 1456.002, 
Insurance Code.
	Sec. 1457.003. PROVISIONAL CREDENTIALING STATUS.                        
	(a)  A health benefit plan shall have a process for 
provisional credentialing status in compliance with the 
requirements of the National Committee for Quality Assurance.
	(b)  A health benefit plan shall grant provisional 
credentialing status to a physician:
		(1)  submits a completed standard credentialing 
application to the health benefit plan;
		(2)  meets the health plan's requirements for 
provisional credentialing; and
		(3)  joins as a partner, shareholder or employee of 
another physician who is contracted with a health benefit plan to 
provide medical or healthcare services to enrollees.
	(c)  A health benefit plan must complete the credentialing 
process within sixty (60) calendar days of the date a physician is 
granted provisional status.  In the event the physician does not 
meet the health plan's credentialing standards, the physician must 
be provided the same appeal process as any other physician applying 
for participation with the health benefit plan.