Tex. Insurance Code § 1353.001: PROHIBITED CONDUCT.
Where this section sits in the code
- INSURANCE CODE
- TITLE 8. HEALTH INSURANCE AND OTHER HEALTH COVERAGES
- SUBTITLE E. BENEFITS PAYABLE UNDER HEALTH COVERAGES
- CHAPTER 1353. IMMUNIZATION OR VACCINATION PROTOCOLS UNDER MANAGED CARE PLANS
A managed care entity may not:
(1) require a physician participating in a managed care plan to issue an immunization or vaccination protocol for an immunization or vaccination to be administered to an enrollee in the plan;
(2) limit an enrollee's benefits for immunizations or vaccinations to circumstances in which an immunization or vaccination protocol is issued;
(3) provide a financial incentive to a physician to issue an immunization or vaccination protocol; or
(4) impose a financial or other penalty on a physician who refuses to issue an immunization or vaccination protocol.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. April 1, 2005.
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