Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not specify new requirements for providing electronic health insurance claims data monthly or details about receiving entities beyond removing the outdated date reference.

Updating Health Insurance Data Requirements

This bill removes an outdated date reference in Tennessee's insurance laws regarding electronic health insurance claims data.

What This Bill Does

• Removes the old requirement that group health plans and health insurance issuers start providing electronic health insurance claims data by January 1, 2010.

Who It Names or Affects

• Group health plans
• Health insurance issuers

Terms To Know

Tennessee Health Information Committee

A committee that recommends standards and procedures for electronic health insurance claims data.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify what happens if the required data is not provided.
• It's unclear how this change will affect existing regulations or enforcement actions.

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

HOUSE BILL 1078
By Kumar

SENATE BILL 1001
By Bailey

SB1001
003131
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8;
Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to
insurance.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 56-2-125(f)(1), is amended by
deleting subdivision (A) and substituting:
(A) Each month, a group health plan or health insurance issuer shall provide
electronic health insurance claims data for state residents to the commissioner or a
designated entity authorized by the commissioner, in accordance with standards and
procedures recommended by the Tennessee health information committee pursuant to
subdivision (c)(2) and adopted by the commissioner by rule.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.