Tex. Ins. Code Section 1223.002
Internet Website for Verification Required for Emergency Physicians and Health Care Providers

(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.
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 881 (H.B. 4500), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2024.

Source: Section 1223.002 — Internet Website for Verification Required for Emergency Physicians and Health Care Providers, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.­1223.­htm#1223.­002 (accessed May 18, 2024).

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