H.B. No. 389
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to requirements for expedited credentialing of certain
  physicians by managed care plans.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1452.101(5), Insurance Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
               (5)  "Medical group" means:
                     (A)  a single legal entity owned by two or more
  physicians;
                     (B)  a professional association composed of
  licensed physicians; [corporation] or
                     (C)  any other business entity composed of
  licensed physicians as permitted under Subchapter B, Chapter 162,
  Occupations Code.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to credentialing of a physician under a contract entered into or
  renewed by a medical group and an issuer of a managed care plan on or
  after the effective date of this Act. A contract entered into or
  renewed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law
  in effect immediately before that date, and that law is continued in
  effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 389 was passed by the House on April
  15, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 147, Nays 0, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 389 was passed by the Senate on May
  26, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor