S.B. 242
         HEALTH INSURANCE MARKET AMENDMENTS

Senate Committee Amendments

Amendment 1 February 26, 2013 5:51 PM



Senator Lyle W. Hillyard proposes the following amendments:

1.    Page 2, Lines 43 through 44 :    

             43      participation on an insurer's provider panel
  :

    (A)  
without first providing the physician with the due

             44      process protections required by this section
  ; or

    (B) in violation of Subsection (3)  
.


2.    Page 3, Lines 59 through 66 :    

             59          (3) (a)
{   A health insurer shall include a physician on its panel of providers for the

             60      insurer's health benefit plans if the physician meets educational, training, and experience
             61      requirements, and has demonstrated current competence.
             62          (b)  
}
A health insurer shall apply reasonable, nondiscriminatory standards for the
             63      evaluation of a physician's qualifications
{   under this Subsection (3)   }        for inclusion on an insurer's provider panel       . The decision to include a

             64      physician on an insurer's provider panel shall be based on an objective evaluation of the
             65      physician's qualifications,
  training, experience, and competency,       free of anticompetitive intent or purpose.

             66          
{   (c)   }        (b)       A health insurer shall not consider any of the following with regard to determining


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