Sec. 1301.0056. EXAMINATIONS AND FEES. (a) The commissioner may examine an insurer to determine the quality and adequacy of a network used by an exclusive provider benefit plan offered by the insurer under this chapter. An insurer is subject to a qualifying examination of the insurer's exclusive provider benefit plans and subsequent quality of care examinations by the commissioner at least once every five years. Documentation provided to the commissioner during an examination conducted under this section is confidential and is not subject to disclosure as public information under Chapter 552, Government Code.
(b) An insurer examined under this section shall pay the cost of the examination in an amount determined by the commissioner.
(c) The department shall collect an assessment in an amount determined by the commissioner from the insurer at the time of the examination to cover all expenses attributable directly to the examination, including the salaries and expenses of department employees and all reasonable expenses of the department necessary for the administration of this chapter.
(d) The department shall deposit an assessment collected under this section to the credit of the Texas Department of Insurance operating account. Money deposited under this subsection shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of examiners and all other expenses relating to the examination of insurers under this section.
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 288 (H.B. 1772), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2011.
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