Bill Title: As enacted, prohibits a managed health insurance issuer that has contracted with a physician's practice to be a part of that health insurance plan's network of providers from directly contacting, or employing an agent to directly contact, a patient of a physician's practice in an effort to change a referral for services to another provider, unless certain requirements are met. - Amends TCA Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-06-03 - Comp. became Pub. Ch. 518 [SB0358 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

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Voting Records

Chamber	Vote	Date	Yea	Nay	NV	Abs	Total	Result	Source	View
Senate	SENATE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 10, Nays 0 PNV 1	2015-04-14	10	0	1	0	11	Passed	Link	View
Senate	SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0	2015-03-31	8	1	0	0	9	Passed	Link	View

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