Requiring provider to provide health care services

Sec. 6. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a person may not require a provider, as a condition of entering into a health provider contract for the provision of health care services other than health care services to enrollees of a health maintenance organization, to provide health care services to enrollees of a health maintenance organization. (b) A person may require a provider, as a condition of entering into a health provider contract for the provision of health care services other than health care services to enrollees of a health maintenance organization, to provide health care services to enrollees of a health maintenance organization: (1) in an emergency; or (2) upon referral. (c) If a person requires a provider to provide health care services to enrollees of a health maintenance organization under subsection (b), the person: (1) shall reimburse the provider at rates established under the health provider contract; and (2) may not require the provider to comply with the terms and conditions of the health maintenance organization. As added by P.L.197-2001, SEC.1.