Sec. 843.408.  INSOLVENCY AND ALLOCATION TO OTHER HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS.  (a)  If a health maintenance organization becomes insolvent, the commissioner shall equitably allocate the insolvent health maintenance organization's group contracts and nongroup enrollees among all health maintenance organizations that operate within a portion of the insolvent health maintenance organization's service area.  The commissioner shall allocate the group contracts by order.  In making allocations, the commissioner shall consider the resources of each health maintenance organization.
(b)  A successor health maintenance organization to which one or more groups are allocated shall offer each group the successor health maintenance organization's coverage at rates determined in accordance with the successor health maintenance organization's existing methodology or in accordance with that methodology as adjusted by the commissioner.
(c)  A successor health maintenance organization to which nongroup enrollees are allocated shall offer each nongroup enrollee the successor health maintenance organization's existing coverage for individual or conversion coverage, as determined by the nongroup enrollee's type of coverage from the insolvent health maintenance organization, at rates determined in accordance with the successor health maintenance organization's existing methodology or in accordance with that methodology as adjusted by the commissioner.  A successor health maintenance organization that does not offer direct nongroup enrollment shall provide coverage at rates that reflect the average group rate of the successor health maintenance organization.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.