{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-843.344","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 843.344","heading":"APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER TO ENTITIES CONTRACTING WITH HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION.","body":"This subchapter applies to a person, including a pharmacy benefit manager, with whom a health maintenance organization contracts to:\n(1) process or pay claims;\n(2) obtain the services of physicians and providers to provide health care services to enrollees; or\n(3) issue verifications or preauthorizations.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 214, Sec. 16, eff. June 17, 2003.\nAmended by:\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 798 (H.B. 2292), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2011.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 6. ORGANIZATION OF INSURERS AND RELATED ENTITIES","SUBTITLE C. LIFE, HEALTH, AND ACCIDENT INSURERS AND RELATED ENTITIES","CHAPTER 843. HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS","SUBCHAPTER J. PAYMENT OF CLAIMS TO PHYSICIANS AND PROVIDERS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.843.htm#843.344","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"042277857453f057acf93be381a4959eacb262aac8e96db9f652422632c5b769","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-843.343","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-843.345"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}