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Tex. Ins. Code § 843.202

DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO MEDICARE RECIPIENTS

Known as the Texas Health Maintenance Organization Act

The act spans §§ 843.001 to 843.464 (146 sections).

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 1, eff

(a) Before a prospective enrollee is enrolled in a health care plan offered to Medicare recipients by a Medicare-contracting health maintenance organization, the health maintenance organization must provide the prospective enrollee with a disclosure form adopted by the commissioner under Subsection (b).

(b) The commissioner shall adopt a disclosure form informing a prospective enrollee in a Medicare-contracting health maintenance organization of:

(1) the effect of enrollment in the health maintenance organization on the prospective enrollee's opportunity to purchase Medicare supplement insurance; and

(2) any differences in the benefits and costs between the health care plan offered to Medicare recipients and Medicare supplement insurance.

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