89R1826 RDS-D     By: Cortez H.B. No. 335       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the payments and reimbursements for noncontracting and   contracting provider dentists under certain health benefit plans.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 1451.206(a), Insurance Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (a)  The employee benefit plan or health insurance policy   shall:                (1)  provide:                      (A)  [that payment or reimbursement for a   noncontracting provider dentist shall be the same as payment or   reimbursement for a contracting provider dentist;                      [(B)]  that the party to or beneficiary of the   plan or policy may assign the right to payment or reimbursement to   the dentist who provides the dental care services; and                      (B) [(C)]  one or more methods of payment or   reimbursement that provide the dentist 100 percent of the   contracted amount of the payment or reimbursement and that do not   require the dentist to incur a fee to access the payment or   reimbursement; and                (2)  disclose on the Internet website required under   Section 1451.205 and on request of a dentist or a party to or   beneficiary of the plan or policy the fees, if any, associated with   the methods of payment or reimbursement available under the plan or   policy.          SECTION 2.  Section 1451.206, Insurance Code, as amended by   this Act, applies only to a health benefit plan delivered, issued   for delivery, or renewed on or after January 1, 2026. A plan   delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed before January 1, 2026,   is governed by the law as it existed immediately before the   effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for   that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.