The bill, S.B. No. 684, introduces a new subchapter to Chapter 1203 of the Texas Insurance Code, specifically focusing on the establishment of a uniform coordination of benefits questionnaire for health benefit plans. This subchapter, titled "Coordination of Benefits Questionnaire," outlines the applicability of the questionnaire to various health benefit plans, including individual and group insurance policies, health maintenance organizations, and Medicaid programs, among others. The bill mandates that the commissioner of insurance collaborate with stakeholders to create this uniform questionnaire, which must be utilized by all health benefit plan issuers in Texas.

Additionally, the bill requires that each health benefit plan issuer that includes a coordination of benefits provision must use the established questionnaire and make it available to healthcare providers as necessary. The commissioner is tasked with adopting the rules for this questionnaire by January 1, 2026, and the provisions of the bill will take effect on September 1, 2025, with the questionnaire's use mandated starting February 1, 2026.

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