S.B.
  
 
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HEALTH INSURANCE MARKET AMENDMENTS
 
Senate   Committee
   Amendments
Amendment   1          February 26, 2013   5:51 PM
Senator  Lyle W. Hillyard
 proposes the following amendments:
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2, Lines 43 through 44
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participation on an insurer's provider panel
  
:
    (A)
 
 without first providing the physician with the due
            
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process protections required by this section
  
; or
    (B) in violation of Subsection (3)
 
. 
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3, Lines 59 through 66
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    (3) (a)
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  A health insurer shall include a physician on its panel of providers for the
            
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insurer's health benefit plans if the physician meets educational, training, and experience
            
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requirements, and has demonstrated current competence.
            
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    (b)
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  A health insurer shall apply reasonable, nondiscriminatory standards for the
            
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evaluation of a physician's qualifications 
 {  
under this Subsection (3)
  }
      
for inclusion on an insurer's
provider panel
     
.  The decision to include a
            
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physician on an insurer's provider panel shall be based on an objective evaluation of the
            
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physician's qualifications, 
  
training, experience, and competency,
     
free of anticompetitive intent or
purpose.
            
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(c)
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(b)
     
  A health insurer shall not consider any of the following with regard to determining 
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