AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT.
Tex. INS Code § 843.153.
in effectIn performing duties under this chapter and the following provisions, the commissioner may contract with a state agency or, after notice and opportunity for hearing, with a qualified person to make recommendations concerning determinations to be made by the commissioner:
(1) Section 1367.053 ;
(2) Subchapter A , Chapter 1452 ;
(3) Subchapter B , Chapter 1507 ;
(4) Chapters 222 , 251 , and 258 , as applicable to a health maintenance organization; and
(5) Chapters 1271 and 1272 .
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.
