This subchapter applies to a person to whom a health maintenance organization contracts to:

1. (1) process or pay claims;
2. (2) obtain the services of physicians or other providers to provide health care services to enrollees; or
3. (3) issue verifications or preauthorizations.

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 997 (S.B. 1731), Sec. 13, eff. September 1, 2007.