Texas Insurance Code Title 6, Chapter 847 - Health Care Quality Assurance

• Texas Section 847.001 - Short Title
  This chapter may be cited as the Health Care Quality Assurance Act. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 789 (S.B. 155), Sec. 1, eff....
• Texas Section 847.002 - Legislative Findings; Purposes
  The legislature finds that to ensure enrollees high quality care, many health benefit plan issuers voluntarily undergo a rigorous accreditation process conducted by nationally recognized...
• Texas Section 847.003 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services Commission. (2) "Health benefit plan" means an individual, group, blanket, or franchise insurance policy,...
• Texas Section 847.004 - Applicability Of Chapter
  This chapter applies only to an entity that issues a health benefit plan and that holds a license or certificate of authority issued by the...
• Texas Section 847.005 - Presumed Compliance With Certain Statutory And Regulatory Requirements
  (a) A health benefit plan issuer is presumed to be in compliance with state statutory and regulatory requirements if: (1) the health benefit plan issuer...
• Texas Section 847.006 - Filing Of Accreditation Report; Confidentiality Requirements
  (a) The commissioner may require a health benefit plan issuer to submit to the commissioner the accreditation report issued by the national accreditation organization. (b)...
• Texas Section 847.007 - Duties Of Commissioner Of Insurance
  (a) In conducting an examination of a health benefit plan issuer, the commissioner: (1) shall accept the accreditation report submitted by the health benefit plan...
• Texas Section 847.008 - Commission Duties
  (a) The commission may require the commissioner to submit to the commission the documents reviewed by the department that substantiate the compliance of the health...
• Texas Section 847.009 - Memorandum Of Understanding
  The commissioner and the commission must enter into a memorandum of understanding to specify the responsibilities of the department and the commission under this chapter....
• Texas Section 847.010 - Enforcement
  This chapter may not be construed to prohibit the commissioner or the commission from enforcing laws or rules relating to: (1) the operation of a...

Last modified: September 28, 2016