Texas Insurance Code

§ 501.252 — ANNUAL CONSUMER REPORT CARDS

IN § 501.252Title 5. PROTECTION OF CONSUMER INTERESTS · Part A. PUBLIC INSURANCE COUNSEL · Ch. 501. OFFICE OF PUBLIC INSURANCE COUNSEL · Art. F. DUTIES RELATING TO HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS

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(a)The office shall develop and issue annual consumer report cards that identify and compare, on an objective basis, health maintenance organizations in this state. The consumer report cards may be based on information or data from any person, agency, organization, or governmental unit that the office considers reliable.

(b)The office may not endorse or recommend a specific health maintenance organization or plan, or subjectively rate or rank health maintenance organizations or plans, other than through comparison and evaluation of objective criteria.

(c)The office shall provide a copy of any consumer report card on request on payment of a reasonable fee.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2005.