HB1526
Health insurance; prior authorization, required contract provisions.
Status:
In House
Latest Action:
Jan. 27, 2026
House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
Chief Patron:
Buddy Fowler (R)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Health insurance; prior authorization; required contract provisions; work group.
Requires any provider contract between a carrier and a participating health care provider or its contracting agent to contain specific provisions that (i) require a carrier to establish and maintain a prior authorization application program interface for processing prior authorization requests and (ii) require a participating health care provider to ... (More) ensure that any electronic health record or health information technology system owned by or contracted for the provider to maintain the health record of an enrollee has the ability to access such application program interface. The bill amends requirements for the existing work group on electronic prior authorization. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/27/2026 - House: Presented and ordered printed 26106004D
- 01/27/2026 - House: Unanimous consent to introduce
- 01/27/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
