Sec. 843.211.  APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER TO ENTITIES CONTRACTING WITH HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION.  This subchapter applies to a person to whom a health maintenance organization contracts to:
(1)  process or pay claims;
(2)  obtain the services of physicians or other providers to provide health care services to enrollees; or
(3)  issue verifications or preauthorizations.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 997 (S.B. 1731), Sec. 13, eff. September 1, 2007.