1. (a) A utilization review agent may not use an automated decision system to make, wholly or partly, an adverse determination.
2. (b) The commissioner may audit and inspect at any time a utilization review agent's use of an automated decision system for utilization review.
3. (c) This section does not prohibit the use of an algorithm, artificial intelligence system, or automated decision system for administrative support or fraud-detection functions.

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 989 (S.B. 815), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2025.