H.B. No. 3218         AN ACT   relating to health maintenance organization contracts with certain   entities to provide health care services.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 843.101, Insurance Code, is amended by   amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (b-1) and (b-2) to   read as follows:          (b)  A health maintenance organization may provide or   arrange for health care services only through:                (1)  other health maintenance organizations;                (2)  providers or groups of providers who are:                      (A)  under contract with or are employed by the   health maintenance organization; or                      (B)  under contract with an entity that is under   contract with the health maintenance organization to provide a   network of providers to provide health care services only if the   contract between the entity and the health maintenance   organization:                            (i)  does not limit the health maintenance   organization's authority or responsibility, including financial   responsibility, to comply with any regulatory requirement that   applies to a function performed by the entity;                             (ii)  requires the entity to comply with all   regulatory requirements that apply to a function performed by the   entity; and                            (iii)  expressly sets forth the requirements   of Subparagraphs (i) and (ii); or                (3)  additional health maintenance organizations or   physicians or providers who have contracted for health care   services with:                      (A)  the other health maintenance organizations;                      (B)  physicians with whom the health maintenance   organization has contracted; or                      (C)  providers who are under contract with or are   employed by the health maintenance organization.          (b-1)  Except as provided by Subsection (b-2) and   notwithstanding any other law, an entity described by Subsection   (b)(2)(B) and the health maintenance organization with which the   entity contracts are subject to Chapter 1272 as if the entity were a   delegated entity unless the entity:                (1)  is a delegated network or delegated third party as   defined by Section 1272.001; or                (2)  is not a delegated entity as provided by Section   1272.001(a)(1)(A) or (B).          (b-2)  An entity subject to Chapter 1272 under Subsection   (b-1) that does not assume risk and the health maintenance   organization with which the entity contracts are not subject to the   following provisions:                (1)  Section 1272.053(1);                (2)  Section 1272.057(1);                (3)  Section 1272.061(1)(C); and                 (4)  Subchapter D, Chapter 1272.           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 3218 was passed by the House on May 8,   2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 143, Nays 0, 1 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 3218 was passed by the Senate on May   23, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor