By: Cook of Colorado H.B. No. 2493
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to access to certain obstetrical or gynecological
care provided by family physicians.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1451.255(c), Subchapter F, Subtitle F,
Title 8, Insurance Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 1451.255 (c)(1) This section does not preclude an
enrollee from selecting a qualified physician, including a family
physician or internal medicine physician, to provide the enrollee
with health care services described by Subsection (a).
(2) A health benefit plan shall provide notice to its female
enrolles of their right to select a properly credentialed family
physician that provides obstetrical or gynecological care to
enrollees within the network. Such notice includes the listing of
properly credentialed family physicians as providers of
obstetrical and gynecological services within the network and the
notice of available providers under section 1451.258 of this
subchapter.
SECTION 2. 2006. The changes made by this act apply to any
health benefit plan signed on or after January 1, 2006. "Any
contract that renews" includes a contract that renews from one term
to the next in the absence of contrary notice by one of the parties.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.