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Tex. Ins. Code § 4201.456

OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS TREATMENT BEFORE ADVERSE DETERMINATION

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 727 (H.B. 2017), Sec. 4, eff

Subject to the notice requirements of Subchapter G, before an adverse determination is issued by a specialty utilization review agent who questions the medical necessity, the appropriateness, or the experimental or investigational nature of a health care service, the agent shall provide the health care provider who ordered, requested, or is to provide the service a reasonable opportunity to discuss the patient's treatment plan and the clinical basis for the agent's determination with a health care provider who is of the same specialty as the agent.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.