Texas HB1942 allows health maintenance organizations and insurers to contract with advanced practice registered nurses as providers.

Texas HB1942 amends the Insurance Code to allow health maintenance organizations to contract directly with advanced practice registered nurses for health care services, regardless of whether the supervising physician is also contracted with the organization. Similarly, insurers offering preferred provider benefit plans can designate advanced practice registered nurses as preferred providers, independent of the supervising physician's status. The bill explicitly states that these provisions do not permit supervision or control of medical practice by non-physicians, in line with existing law.

Texas HB1942 allows health maintenance organizations and insurers to contract with advanced practice registered nurses as providers.

Texas HB1942 amends the Insurance Code to allow health maintenance organizations to contract directly with advanced practice registered nurses for health care services, regardless of whether the supervising physician is also contracted with the organization. Similarly, insurers offering preferred provider benefit plans can designate advanced practice registered nurses as preferred providers, independent of the supervising physician's status. The bill explicitly states that these provisions do not permit supervision or control of medical practice by non-physicians, in line with existing law.