(a) TDI adopts the Provider Network Contracting Entity
Registration Form by reference.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section,
each person operating as a contracting entity must submit to TDI a
fully completed Provider Network Contracting Entity Registration Form
with the required fee established under §3.9804 of this title
before the later of:
(1) the 30th day after the date on which the person
begins acting as a contracting entity in this state; or
(2) December 1, 2014.
(c) The following contracting entities are not required
to register under this section:
(1) a health maintenance organization operating under
Insurance Code Chapter 843;
(2) an entity holding a certificate of authority issued
by TDI to engage in the business of insurance in this state; or
(3) an affiliate named on the Provider Network Contracting
Entity Exemption of Affiliates Form submitted under §3.9803 of
this title and granted an exemption by the commissioner in writing
under §3.9803(d) of this title.
(d) A contracting entity registered under this section
must report any changes to the information submitted in the Provider
Network Contracting Entity Registration Form submitted under subsection
(b) of this section not later than the 30th day after the date on
which the change takes effect.
(e) The contracting entity must submit the Provider
Network Contracting Entity Registration Form and subsequent change
reports in a written or electronic format at the address TDI will
provide on the Provider Network Contracting Entity Registration Form.
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