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By: Watson |
S.B. No. 822 |
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(In the Senate - Filed February 23, 2011; March 1, 2011, |
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read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; |
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March 15, 2011, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; March 15, 2011, |
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sent to printer.) |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 822 |
By: Lucio |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to expedited credentialing of certain physicians by |
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managed care plans. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subdivision (5), Section 1452.101, Insurance |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(5) "Medical group" means: |
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(A) a single legal entity owned by two or more |
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physicians; |
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(B) a professional association composed of |
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licensed physicians; [or]
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(C) any other business entity composed of |
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licensed physicians as permitted under Subchapter B, Chapter 162, |
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Occupations Code; or |
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(D) two or more physicians on the medical staff |
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of, or teaching at, a medical school or medical and dental unit, as |
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defined or described by Section 61.003, 61.501, or 74.601, |
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Education Code.
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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