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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to alternative dispute resolution of certain insurance |
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payment disputes with chiropractors. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 1952, Insurance Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 1952.1561 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 1952.1561. PAYMENT DISPUTES RELATING TO CHIROPRACTIC |
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CARE. (a) An insurer may not bring an action related to a payment |
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required under Section 1952.156 made for chiropractic care unless |
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not later than one year after the date of service the chiropractor |
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and the insurer have submitted the dispute to an alternative |
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dispute resolution process and failed to resolve the dispute. |
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(b) The statute of limitations applicable to a cause of |
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action arising out of the dispute is tolled beginning on the date |
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the dispute arises and ending on the date the alternative dispute |
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resolution process is completed. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies only to an insurance policy that |
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is delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on or after January 1, |
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2014. A policy delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed before |
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January 1, 2014, is governed by the law as it existed immediately |
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before the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in |
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effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |