This subchapter applies to a person, including a pharmacy benefit manager, with whom an insurer contracts to:

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

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

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 728 (H.B. 2018), Sec. 11.037(a), eff. September 1, 2005.

Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 798 (H.B. 2292), Sec. 11, eff. September 1, 2011.