Relating to the establishment, certification, organization, and regulation of dental referral plans as defined in the Act; providing for the organization, management, duties, responsibilities, limitation on, and prohibited practices of dental referral plans; providing the standards for certification and operation; providing the power, duties, and responsibility of the Commissioner of Insurance; prohibiting certain practices and defining certain offenses as misdemeanors; providing enforcement procedures; stating the relationship of this Act to existing laws and persons or corporations operating pursuant to other laws; designating the law governing rehabilitation, liquidation, and conservation of an organization; providing for certain fees and authorizing certain taxes and establishing a maintenance fund; providing procedures for administrative and judicial appeals; and providing an effective date.

Last action: Referred to subcommittee

Author: Ron Lewis

Companion:

SB 908 (Similar)

Subjects:
DENTAL REFERRAL PLAN ORGANIZATION ACT, TEXAS
DENTAL SERVICES
INSURANCE, STATE BOARD OF
Insurance--Life, Health & Accident
Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations

House Committee: Insurance (Eddie Cavazos, Kim Brimer, David Counts, Mike Martin, Randy Pennington, Tom Ramsay, Gwyn Shea, Mark Stiles, M.A. Taylor) Minutes: May 6 1991

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