CHAPTER 1212. TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS PROCESSING
INSURANCE CODE
TITLE 8. HEALTH INSURANCE AND OTHER HEALTH COVERAGES
SUBTITLE A. HEALTH COVERAGE IN GENERAL
CHAPTER 1212. TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON
CLAIMS PROCESSING
Sec. 1212.001. APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEE. The commissioner shall
appoint a technical advisory committee on processing by insurers
and health maintenance organizations of claims by physicians and
other health care providers for medical care and health care
services provided to patients.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch.
728, Sec. 11.028(a), eff. September 1, 2005.
Sec. 1212.002. COMMITTEE POWERS AND DUTIES. (a) The technical
advisory committee shall advise the commissioner on technical
aspects of coding of health care services and claims development,
submission, processing, adjudication, and payment, as well as the
impact on those processes of contractual requirements and
relationships, including relationships among employers, health
benefit plans, insurers, health maintenance organizations,
preferred provider organizations, electronic clearinghouses,
physicians and other health care providers, third-party
administrators, independent physician associations, and medical
groups. The committee shall also advise the commissioner with
respect to the implementation of the standardized coding and
bundling edits and logic.
(b) The commissioner shall consult the technical advisory
committee before adopting any rule related to the subjects
described by Subsection (a).
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch.
728, Sec. 11.028(a), eff. September 1, 2005.
Sec. 1212.003. COMMITTEE REPORT. On or before September 1 of
each even-numbered year, the technical advisory committee shall
issue a report to the legislature on the committee's activities.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch.
728, Sec. 11.028(a), eff. September 1, 2005.
Sec. 1212.004. COMMITTEE MEMBER COMPENSATION. Members of the
technical advisory committee serve without compensation.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch.
728, Sec. 11.028(a), eff. September 1, 2005.
Sec. 1212.005. APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN LAWS. Section 39.003(a)
and Chapter 2110, Government Code, do not apply to the technical
advisory committee established under this chapter.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch.
728, Sec. 11.028(a), eff. September 1, 2005.