Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 4201.205 - Designated Initial Contact(a) A health care provider may designate one or more individuals as the initial contact or contacts for a utilization review agent seeking routine information or data.(b) A designation made under this section may not preclude a utilization review agent or medical advisor from contacting a health care provider or the provider's employees who are not designated under this section under circumstances in which: (1) a review might otherwise be unreasonably delayed; or(2) the designated individual is unable to provide the necessary data or information that the agent requests.Tex. Ins. Code § 4201.205
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 727, Sec. 4, eff. 4/1/2007.