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Texas Insurance Code - INS § 1223.002. Internet Website for Verification Required for Emergency Physicians and Health Care Providers

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) A health benefit plan issuer shall maintain and make available a secure system on the issuer's Internet website that allows a physician or health care provider for a hospital or freestanding emergency medical care facility to determine at any time:

(1) whether the physician's or provider's patient is covered by the issuer's health benefit plan;  and

(2) the deductible, copayment, or coinsurance for which the patient is responsible.

(b) A health benefit plan issuer may provide the information described by Subsection (a) through:

(1) an existing Internet portal that is available at all times; or

(2) an Internet portal that is:

(A) provided by a third party contracting with the issuer;  and

(B) available at all times.

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