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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Insurance Code § 1301.068: INDUCEMENT TO LIMIT MEDICALLY NECESSARY SERVICES PROHIBITED.

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  1. INSURANCE CODE
  2. TITLE 8. HEALTH INSURANCE AND OTHER HEALTH COVERAGES
  3. SUBTITLE D. PROVIDER PLANS
  4. CHAPTER 1301. PREFERRED PROVIDER BENEFIT PLANS
  5. SUBCHAPTER B. RELATIONS WITH PHYSICIANS OR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS

(a) An insurer may not use any financial incentive or make payment to a physician or health care provider that acts directly or indirectly as an inducement to limit medically necessary services.

(b) This section does not prohibit the use of capitation as a method of payment.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. April 1, 2005.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:21Z. Source file · JSON

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