Tex. Insurance Code § 1301.069: SERVICES PROVIDED BY CERTAIN PHYSICIANS AND HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS.

The provisions of this chapter relating to prompt payment by an insurer of a physician or health care provider and to verification of medical care or health care services apply to a physician or provider who:

(1) is not a preferred provider included in the preferred provider network; and

(2) provides to an insured:

(A) care related to an emergency or its attendant episode of care as required by state or federal law; or

(B) specialty or other medical care or health care services at the request of the insurer or a preferred provider because the services are not reasonably available from a preferred provider who is included in the preferred delivery network.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 728 (H.B. 2018), Sec. 11.037(d), eff. September 1, 2005.