BILL ANALYSIS |
C.S.H.B. 2942 |
By: Muņoz, Jr. |
Insurance |
Committee Report (Substituted) |
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Interested parties assert that many preferred provider benefit plans lack sufficient contracted physicians and health care providers in their networks and that the network adequacy standards adopted by the commissioner of insurance for such plans do not sufficiently hold insurers accountable in this area. C.S.H.B. 2942 seeks to address this issue by providing for network adequacy standards that hold insurers accountable for the networks the insurers utilize and for any departure from network adequacy standards.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
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RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
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ANALYSIS
C.S.H.B. 2942 amends the Insurance Code to require the network adequacy standards the commissioner of insurance is required to adopt by rule for preferred provider benefit plans to hold insurers accountable for the networks the insurers utilize and for any departure from network adequacy standards.
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EFFECTIVE DATE
September 1, 2017.
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COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE
While C.S.H.B. 2942 may differ from the original in minor or nonsubstantive ways, the following comparison is organized and formatted in a manner that indicates the substantial differences between the introduced and committee substitute versions of the bill.
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