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Tenn. Code Ann. § 56-60-109

Unfair insurance practice — Complaints for violations

Known as the Preferred Provider Organization Transparency Act

The act spans §§ 56-60-101 to 56-60-109 (9 sections).

Acts 2009, ch. 466, § 10.

(1) It is an unfair insurance practice for the purposes of the Tennessee Unfair Trade Practices and Unfair Claims Settlement Act of 2009, compiled in chapter 8, part 1 of this title, to knowingly access a provider's services or exercise a provider's contractual discounts pursuant to a provider network contract if the access or exercise is not pursuant to a contractual relationship with the provider or with a contracting entity or third party who has a contractual relationship with the provider as specified in this chapter.

(2) To effectuate the purposes of this section, the department shall develop a complaint form for providers or others to submit alleging violations of this chapter.

(3) Information provided in good faith to the department shall not make the provider or other individual or entity providing the information liable for civil damages as a result of providing the information.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.