{"id":"AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-013","kind":"context","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Texas; Texas Department of Insurance (State insurance regulator)","state":"TX","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-INSURANCE-BANKING","eco":"","issuer":"Commissioner of Insurance Kent Sullivan (with Governor Greg Abbott)","authority":"Tex. Ins. Code § 36.001; Gov\u0027t Code ch. 418","instrument":"Commissioner\u0027s Bulletin # B-0005-20 (updated March 19, 2020)","title":"COVID-19 testing and preparation","dateIssued":"2020-03-11","effective":"2020-03-11","end":"Not rescinded; telemedicine cost-sharing requirements made binding by 28 TAC § 35.1 (Ex. TX-049) and the Governor\u0027s suspension of Ins. Code § 1455.004(c), lifted Sept. 20, 2021 (Ex. 022)","startDate":"2020-03-11","endDate":"2021-09-20","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["HC","OTHER"],"addressees":["health insurers and health maintenance organizations in Texas"],"clause":"Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) are asking all health insurers and health maintenance organizations operating in Texas to take actions necessary to prevent, test, and treat coronavirus COVID-19 and report those actions to TDI. TDI strongly encourages insurers to waive consumer costs for testing... Waive consumer cost-sharing and facilitate expanded use of telemedicine... Authorize payment to pharmacies for up to a 90-day supply of any prescription medication... TDI asks that insurers report their actions related to consumer cost-sharing and access to services to COVID19Response@tdi.texas.gov.","enforcement":"Tex. Ins. Code chs. 82, 84 (disciplinary sanctions and administrative penalties); reporting request","functions":["IN health insurers and HMOs","CB payers of Texas health care providers (industries 01-04): telemedicine, prior authorization, claim deadlines","TM telehealth"],"notes":"","sourceUrl":"https://www.tdi.texas.gov/bulletins/2020/B-0005-20.html","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200409003704/https://www.tdi.texas.gov/bulletins/2020/B-0005-20.html","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":216980,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING","url":"/library/AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-013","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-013","citation":"Commissioner of Insurance Kent Sullivan (with Governor Greg Abbott), Commissioner\u0027s Bulletin # B-0005-20 (updated March 19, 2020) (Mar. 11, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-013)","stateName":"Texas","related":["TX-049"]}