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S.B. No. 155
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AN ACT
relating to the quality assurance accreditation process for certain
entities that offer health benefit plans and the provisional
credentialing process for health benefit plans.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle C, Title 6, Insurance Code, is amended
by adding Chapter 847 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 847. HEALTH CARE QUALITY ASSURANCE
Sec. 847.001. SHORT TITLE. This chapter may be cited as the
Health Care Quality Assurance Act.
Sec. 847.002. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS; PURPOSES. The
legislature finds that to ensure enrollees high quality care, many
health benefit plan issuers voluntarily undergo a rigorous
accreditation process conducted by nationally recognized
accreditation organizations. To maintain accreditation, these
health benefit plan issuers are subject to continuing review of
their processes and standards. The legislature recognizes that
many of these processes and standards are also reviewed by state
agencies, resulting in increased agency costs and increased health
benefit plan administrative costs. The purpose of this chapter is
to allow appropriate recognition of accreditation by nationally
recognized accreditation organizations and to foster coordination
among state agencies in order to:
(1) help make health benefit plan coverage moreCHAPTER 789
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Texas. Legislature. Senate. 79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 155, Chapter 789, legislative document, June 17, 2005; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth157588/m1/1/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.