Section 1301.00555 - Maximum Appointment Wait Time Standards An insurer must ensure that:
(1) routine care is available and accessible from preferred providers: (A) within three weeks for medical conditions; and (B) within two weeks for behavioral health conditions; and (2) preventive health care services are available and accessible from preferred providers: (A) within two months for a child, or earlier if necessary for compliance with recommendations for specific preventive health care services; and (B) within three months for an adult. Tex. Ins. Code § 1301.00555
Added by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 740,Sec. 6, eff. 9/1/2023, app. only to an insurance policy that is delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on or after September 1, 2024;maximum appointment wait time standards prescribed by Section 1301.00555, as added by this Act, apply only to an insurance policy that is delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on or after September 1, 2025.