Sec. 1271.054. INFORMATION ABOUT COMPLAINTS AND APPEALS  


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  • (a) An evidence of coverage must contain a clear and understandable description of the health maintenance organization's methods for resolving enrollee complaints, including:

    (1) the enrollee's right to appeal denial of an adverse determination to an independent review organization; and

    (2) the procedures for appealing to an independent review organization.

    (b) A health maintenance organization may indicate a subsequent change to the methods for resolving enrollee complaints in a separate document issued to the enrollee.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. April 1, 2005.