This bill would authorize a health care service plan or health insurer that issues, sells, renews, or offers a plan contract or policy covering dental services, including a specialized health care service plan contract or specialized policy of health insurance, or a contracting entity, as defined, to grant a third party access to a provider network contract entered into on or after January 1, 2020, or access to services or discounts provided pursuant to that provider network contract if certain criteria are met, including if a health care services plan’s or health insurer’s provider network contract clearly identifies the third-party access provision and the provider network contract allows a provider to opt out of third-party access. The bill would specify that a provider is not bound by or required to perform dental treatment or services under a provider network contract granted to a third party in violation of these provisions.