SB 834: Dental Payments under Health Insurance Plans
GENERAL BILL by Harrell
Dental Payments under Health Insurance Plans; Prohibiting certain restrictions on payment methods by individual health insurers to dentists; providing requirements if certain payment methods are initiated or changed; prohibiting fees for payment transmittals; requiring enforcement by the Financial Services Commission; prohibiting insurers from denying certain claims submitted by dentists except under specified circumstances; revising the definition of the term “covered services”, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2023
Last Action: 5/5/2023 Senate - Died in Banking and Insurance
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Last Action: 5/5/2023 Senate - Died in Banking and Insurance
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
- Banking and Insurance (BI)
- Health Policy (HP)
- Rules (RC)
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 2/15/2023 Senate • Filed
2/23/2023 Senate • Referred to Banking and Insurance; Health Policy; Rules
3/7/2023 Senate • Introduced
5/5/2023 Senate • Died in Banking and Insurance
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SB 834, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/15/2023 at 4:05 PM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 1605 Dental Payments under Health Insurance Plans Gonzalez Pittman Identical Last Action: 5/5/2023 H Died in Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee 
Citations - Statutes (5)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 627.6131 Payment of claims. Page 2 (pdf) 627.6474 Provider contracts. Page 5 (pdf) 627.65772 Page 5 (pdf) 636.035 Provider arrangements. Page 8 (pdf) 641.315 Provider contracts. Page 11 (pdf)