Overview
Texas. State Board of
Insurance.
Health Maintenance Organization
Division.
Records
1973-1989
Records of the Health
Maintenance Organization Division of the Texas State Board of Insurance include
correspondence, memoranda, minutes, legal agreements, insurance policies,
contracts, Commissioner's orders, court orders, annual reports, activity
reports and some newsclippings and newsletters. Records range in date from 1973
to 1989. Records consist of various types of documentation submitted by health
maintenance organizations (HMOs) to the Commissioner or the HMO Division of the
Board of Insurance when applying for a certificate of authority or in order to
be in compliance with stipulations set forward by the Board. Records reflect
modifications, amendments and revisions to original contracts, agreements, and
plans filed by the various HMOs.
16.71 cubic
ft.
English.
Restrictions on Access
None.
Restrictions on Use
None.
Preferred Citation
(Identify the item), Records, Health Maintenance Organization
Division, Texas State Board of Insurance. Archives and Information Services
Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Agency History
The Texas State Board of Insurance regulates the state's insurance and
fire prevention industries primarily under the provisions of the Texas
Insurance Code, the basic objectives of which are to ensure the financial
soundness of the insurance industry and to protect the insurance consumer. The
board appoints, with the consent of the Senate, the Commissioner of Insurance,
who acts as the executive and administrative officer of the agency. Associate
commissioners, under the direction of the commissioner, oversee operations of
four of the agency's major programs: the Regulated Lines and Licensing Program,
the Financial Program, the Compliance Program and the Administrative Services
Program. Under the Regulated Lines and Licensing Program is the
Insurance-Related Activities Section whose duties include the regulation of
health maintenance organizations. All health maintenance organizations (HMOs)
must operate in compliance with the Health Maintenance Organization Act (HMO
Act), enacted in 1975 in regular session of the 64th Legislature, Senate Bill
180.
Scope and Contents of the Records
Records include correspondence, memoranda, minutes, legal agreements,
insurance policies, contracts, Commissioner's orders, court orders, annual
reports, activity reports, and some newsclippings and newsletters of the Health
Maintenance Organization Division of the Texas State Board of Insurance.
Records range in date from 1973 to 1989. Correspondents include the
Commissioner of Insurance, the State Treasurer, personnel from the Board of
Insurance, the Department of Health, and the Health Facilities Commission
(abolished by the 69th Legislature on May 27, 1985), as well as attorneys,
accountants, management consulting firms, and consulting actuaries.
Records consist of various types of documentation submitted by health
maintenance organizations (HMOs) to the Commissioner or the HMO Division of the
Board of Insurance when applying for a certificate of authority or in order to
be in compliance with stipulations set forward by the Board. Records reflect
modifications, amendments and revisions to original contracts, agreements, and
plans filed by the various HMOs. Records may also document investigations,
violations, hearings, and the consolidation, dissolution, bankruptcy, or
phasing out of some of the HMOs.
To prepare this preliminary inventory, the described materials were
cursorily reviewed to delineate series, to confirm the accuracy of content
lists, to provide an estimate of dates covered, and to determine record
types.
Arrangement of the Records
These records are arranged alphabetically by the name of the health
maintenance organization.
Index Terms
Subjects:
Health maintenance
organizations--Texas.
Insurance,
Health--Texas.
Document Types:
Insurance
records--Texas--Health maintenance organizations--1973-1989.
Correspondence--Texas--Health maintenance
organizations--1973-1989.
Minutes--Texas--Health
maintenance organizations--1973-1989.
Contracts--Texas--Health
maintenance organizations--1973-1989.
Reports--Texas--Health
maintenance organizations--1973-1989.
Functions:
Regulating health
maintenance organizations.
Related Material
The following materials are offered as
possible sources of further information on the agencies and subjects covered by
the records. The listing is not exhaustive.
Texas State
Archives
Texas State Board of Insurance, Health Maintenance
Organization Division, Charter Files and Approval Correspondence, 1975-1991,
35.25 cubic ft.
Processing Information
Lisa M. H. Lujan, August 1993
Accession Information
Accession number: 1992/112
These records were transferred to the Texas State Archives by the
Health Maintenance Organization Division of the Texas State Board of Insurance
on April 29, 1992.
For the following HMOs, consult records indicated:
- CompCare, Inc. - see Southwest Medical Plan, Inc.
- Conn-Care Independent Practice Association - see Medcon,
Inc.
- Good Health Plus, Inc. - see Southwest Medical Plan
- HCA Care of Texas - see Equicor/El Paso
- Metroplex Health Plan, Inc. - see Metrocare
- North Texas Medcare, Inc. - see Maxicare North Texas,
Inc.
- Sanus Texas Health Plan, Inc. - see Metrocare
- Tarrant Health Protection Plan, Inc. - see Medcon, Inc.
- Texas Comprehensive Health Services, Inc. - see
Metrocare
- United Medical Plan of Texas, Inc. - see Equicor/El Paso
Records,
1973-1989,
16.71 cubic ft.
1992/112-1
Alamo Health Care Plan, Inc.,
1974-1984
[17 folders]
1992/112-2
Alamo Health Care Plan, Inc.,
1974-1984 (continued)
[13 folders]
1992/112-2
Alliance Health Plan, Inc., Houston,
1985-1989
[3 folders]
1992/112-3
Alliance Health Plan, Inc., Houston,
1985-1989 (continued)
[17 folders]
1992/112-3
Alliance Health Plan of Fort Worth,
1986-1989
[3 folders]
1992/112-4
Alliance Health Plan of Fort Worth,
1986-1989
[9 folders]
1992/112-4
Central Texas Health Plan,
1979-1986
[8 folders]
1992/112-5
Central Texas Health Plan,
1979-1986 (continued)
[17 folders]
1992/112-6
Central Texas Health Plan,
1979-1986 (continued)
[13 folders]
1992/112-6
East Texas Health Plan, Inc.,
1984-1988
[4 folders]
1992/112-7
East Texas Health Plan, Inc.,
1984-1988 (continued)
[3 folders]
1992/112-7
Equicor El Paso,
1985-1986
[6 folders]
1992/112-7
Group Health of El Paso, Inc.,
1973-1982
[8 folders]
1992/112-8
Group Health of El Paso, Inc.,
1973-1982 (continued)
[16 folders]
1992/112-9
Group Health of El Paso, Inc.,
1973-1982 (continued)
[5 folders]
1992/112-9
Maxicare, Houston,
1982-1986
[5 folders]
1992/112-9
Maxicare North Texas, Inc.,
1980-1989
[7 folders]
1992/112-10
Maxicare North Texas, Inc.,
1980-1989 (continued)
[16 folders]
1992/112-11
Maxicare North Texas, Inc.,
1980-1989 (continued)
[15 folders]
1992/112-12
Maxicare North Texas, Inc.,
1980-1989 (continued)
[9 folders]
1992/112-12
Medcon, Inc.,
1977-1984
[7 folders]
1992/112-13
Medcon, Inc.,
1977-1984 (continued)
[15 folders]
1992/112-14
Medcon, Inc.,
1977-1984 (continued)
[3 folders]
1992/112-14
Metrocare,
1975-1984
[13 folders]
1992/112-15
Metrocare,
1975-1984 (continued)
[16 folders]
1992/112-16
Metrocare,
1975-1984 (continued)
[5 folders]
1992/112-16
Share Health Plan of Texas, Inc.,
1982-1989
[11 folders]
1992/112-17
Share Health Plan of Texas, Inc.,
1982-1989 (continued)
[6 folders]
1992/112-18
Southwest Medical Plan, Inc./CompCare, Inc./Good Health
Plus, Inc.,
1978-1984
[2 folders]