AB 457

Generally, this bill sets requirements on certain health insurance plans that

rent networks of dental service providers to other entities. The bill requires a defined

network plan, which includes a health maintenance organization, a preferred

provider plan, a limited service health organization, or other insurer that covers

dental services and engages in the practice of renting its network of dental service

providers to 1) include in any contract with a dental service provider a notification

that the plan, organization, or insurer engages in the practice of network rental and

a list of all potential entities to which the network may be rented, 2) maintain and

update an Internet site with a list of entities to which a dental service provider's

contract may be rented, and 3) notify a dental service provider, in writing, that his

or her contract has been rented and to what entity the contract has been rented. Any

person that rents a network of participating dental service providers is required by

the bill to abide by the terms and conditions of the dental service provider's original

contract. Additionally, the bill allows a dental service provider whose contract has

been rented to terminate their participation in the contract with the entity to which

his or her contract has been rented without terminating the original contract.

This proposal may contain a health insurance mandate requiring a social and

financial impact report under s. 601.423, stats.