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2012
Bulletin NumberDate IssuedReferenceSubject
B-0009-12April 11, 2012Call for reports regarding provider claims processing and additional clarification on reporting requirements under House Bill (HB) 2292, 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, effective September 1, 2011.Life & Health
B-0002-12January 13, 2012Call for reports regarding provider claims processing and additional clarification on reporting requirements under House Bill (HB) 2292, 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, effective September 1, 2011.Commissioner/Life & Health
2011
Bulletin NumberDate IssuedReferenceSubject
B-0051-11December 28, 2011Temporary Standards Applicable to the Texas External Review ProcessCommissioner/Life & Health
B-0050-11December 28, 2011Implementation of Legislative Amendments to Texas Insurance Code Chapter 1301Commissioner/Life & Health
B-0046-11November 21, 20112011 MANDATED BENEFITS DATA CALL RELATING TO DATA COLLECTION UNDER 28 TAC §§21.3401 – 21.3409Life & Health
B-0042-11October 7, 2011Medicare Marketing Guidelines and Agent Licensing Requirements Related to Certain Medicare Plans and Prescription Drug PlansCommissioner/Life & Health
B-0040-11October 1, 2011Call for Reports Regarding Provider Claims Processing and additional clarification on reporting requirements.Commissioner/Life & Health
B-0037-11September 1, 2011LEGISLATION ENACTED – 82nd LEGISLATIVE REGULAR and FIRST CALLED SESSIONSLife Health & Licensing
B-0034-11July 13, 2011QUARTERLY CONSUMER INFORMATION DATA CALL – SECOND QUARTER 2011Commissioner/Life & Health
B-0033-11July 13, 2011HEALTH CARE CLAIMS REIMBURSEMENT RATE REPORTCommissioner/Life & Health
B-0028-11July 7, 2011DEFINITION OF “SMALL EMPLOYER” AND “LARGE EMPLOYER” FOR PURPOSES OF MEDICAL LOSS RATIO (MLR) REPORTING AND REBATE REQUIREMENTS UNDER 45 C.F.R. PART 158Commissioner/Life & Health
B-0025-11June 24, 2011Call for Reports Regarding Provider Claims Processing and Additional Clarification on Reporting RequirementsCommissioner/Life & Health
B-0019-11April 19, 2011QUARTERLY CONSUMER INFORMATION DATA CALL – FIRST QUARTER 2011 Life & Health
B-0018-11April 20, 2011DATA CALL REGARDING MEDICAL LOSS RATIO (MLR) STANDARDS FOR INDIVIDUAL, ASSOCIATION, AND SMALL EMPLOYER MARKETS PURSUANT TO 45 C.F.R. PART 158, SUBPART CLife & Health
B-0017-11April 21, 20112011 Texas Disaster Plan SurveyCommissioner/Consumer
B-0014-11April 1, 2011Call for Reports Regarding Provider Claims Processing and additional clarification on reporting requirements.Commissioner/Life & Health
B-0007-11February 8, 2011QUARTERLY CONSUMER INFORMATION DATA CALL – FOURTH QUARTER 2010Commissioner/Life & Health
B-0003-11January 13, 20112010 HEALTH CARE CLAIMS REIMBURSEMENT RATE REPORTCommissioner/Life & Health
B-0002-11January 3, 2011Call for Reports Regarding Provider Claims Processing and additional clarification on reporting requirements.Commissioner/Life & Health
2010
Bulletin NumberDate IssuedReferenceSubject
B-0044-10October 14, 20102010 MANDATED BENEFITS DATA CALL – RELATING TO MANDATED HEALTH BENEFITS AND MANDATED OFFERS OF COVERAGECommissioner/Life & Health
B-0043-10October 11, 2010Agent Licensing Guidelines Related to Certifications for Medicare-Related ProductsCommissioner/Life & Health
B-0042-10October 11, 2010Marketing Guidelines Related to Certain Medicare Plans and Prescription Drug PlansCommissioner/Consumer
B-0041-10October 11, 2010Medicare Beneficiaries' Right to Change Medicare Coverage upon Receipt of Notification of Involuntary Termination or Upon Termination from Their Medicare Advantage Coverage Commissioner/Consumer
B-0039-10October 14, 2010QUARTERLY CONSUMER INFORMATION DATA CALL – THIRD QUARTER 2010Commissioner/Life & Health
B-0037-10October 1, 2010Call for Reports Regarding Provider Claims Processing and additional clarification on reporting requirements.Life Health & Licensing
B-0035-10August 31, 2010 Issuance of Claim Settlement Payments – Payee NotificationCommissioner/Consumer
B-0033-10August 24, 2010CREDIT DATA CALL – 2009 CREDIT LIFE AND CREDIT ACCIDENT & HEALTH INSURANCE Commissioner/Life & Health
B-0029-10July 22, 2010PPACA Implementation, Form FilingsLife Health & Licensing
B-0027-10July 1, 2010Call for reports regarding provider claims processing and additional clarification on reporting requirements.Commissioner/Life & Health
B-0024-10June 4, 2010LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE RATE GUIDECommissioner/Consumer
B-0014-10April 13, 2010Call for Reports Regarding Provider Claims ProcessingCommissioner/Life & Health
B-0013-10April 13, 2010WHETHER AN INSURANCE COMPANY IS PERMITTED TO OBTAIN A PERMIT TO OFFER OR SELL PREPAID FUNERAL BENEFITS AND ENGAGE IN THE BUSINESS OF OFFERING OR SELLING PREPAID FUNERAL BENEFITS UNDER NEW LEGISLATION AFFECTING PREPAID FUNERAL BENEFIT PERMIT HOLDERSCommissioner/Financial
B-0011-10March 25, 2010Call for reports regarding business practices and plans and additional information regarding acquired policies Commissioner/Life & Health
B-0004-10January 11, 2010Call for Reports Regarding Provider Claims Processing and Related Functions and Additional Information Regarding New Data Reporting ProceduresCommissioner/Life & Health
B-0003-10January 7, 2010Discretionary Clauses in Life, Accident, and Health Insurance Policy FormsCommissioner/Life & Health
2009
Bulletin NumberDate IssuedReferenceSubject
B-0050-09December 2, 2009Medicare Beneficiaries' Right to Change Medicare Coverage upon Receipt of Notification of Involuntary Termination or Upon Termination from Their Medicare Advantage CoverageCommissioner/Consumer
B-0045-09October 16, 2009CREDIT DATA CALL – 2006, 2007, and 2008 CREDIT LIFE AND CREDIT ACCIDENT & HEALTH INSURANCECommissioner/Life & Health
B-0044-09November 3, 2009LEGISLATION ENACTED – 81ST LEGISLATIVE SESSIONLife & Health
B-0042-09October 1, 2009Call for Reports Regarding Provider Claims Processing and Related Functions and Additional Information Regarding New Data Reporting ProceduresCommissioner/Life & Health
B-0040-09September 28, 2009Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Commissioner/Life & Health
B-0037-09September 25, 2009Standard Proof of Insurance for Motorcycle Accident CoverageCommissioner/Life & Health
B-0033-09August 13, 2009Mandatory Coverage of Diagnosis and Treatment Affecting the Temporomandibular Joint Commissioner/Life & Health
B-0026-09May 14, 2009LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE RATEGUIDECommissioner/Consumer
B-0023-09May 11, 2009Commissioner's Order No. 09-0335 Granting a Limited Waiver of the Filing Requirements of the Texas Insurance Code §1701.051 for a Previously Approved or Exempted Form in Which the Only Alteration is an Address Change for the MIB, Inc.; the Addition of the MIB, Inc. Internet Address; or the Revision of the Name of the Medical Information Bureau to the MIB, Inc.Life & Health
B-0017-09April 9, 2009Call for Reports Regarding Provider Claims Processing and Related FunctionsCommissioner/Life & Health
B-0006-09January 30, 2009Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests Commissioner/Life & Health
B-0005-09January 29, 2009SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION AND DATATO FACILITATE STUDY BY ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON HEALTH NETWORK ADEQUACYCommissioner/Life & Health
B-0004-09January 28, 2009MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT INSURANCE RATE GUIDECommissioner/Life & Health
B-0003-09January 16, 2009PARITY REQUIRED FOR GROUP OUTPATIENT SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS COVERAGECommissioner/Life & Health
2008
Bulletin NumberDate IssuedReferenceSubject
B-0072-08October 21, 2008Call for Reports Regarding Provider Claims Processing and Related Functions Commissioner/Life & Health
B-0034-08July 10, 2008Call for Reports Regarding Provider Claims Processing and Related Functions Commissioner/Life & Health
B-0007-08February 25, 2008REQUIRED REPORTING OF DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS PURSUANT TO THE MILITARY PERSONNEL FINANCIAL SERVICES PROTECTION ACT, PUB. L. No. 109-290 (2006)Legal/Consumer
B-0002-08January 14, 2008Call for Reports Regarding Provider Claims Processing and Related Functions Life & Health
2007
Bulletin NumberDate IssuedReferenceSubject
B-0054-07December 21, 2007Suspicious Practices Targeting Senior CitizensLife & Health
B-0053-07December 20, 2007HB 1919 Autism Spectrum Disorder MandateLife & Health
B-0043-07October 22, 2007REDUCTION IN FINGERPRINT PROCESSING FEE.Life Health & Licensing
B-0041-07October 17, 2007Use of insurance agents as "agents or brokers of record" by local governmentsLife Health & Licensing
B-0012-07March 26, 2007Voluntary Product Checklist Pilot ProjectLife Health & Licensing


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