{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1204.054","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 1204.054","heading":"PAYMENT OF BENEFITS ACCORDING TO ASSIGNMENT.","body":"An insurer shall pay benefits directly to a physician or other health care provider, and the insurer is relieved of the obligation to pay, and of any liability for paying, those benefits to the covered person if:\n(1) the covered person makes a written assignment of those benefits payable to the physician or other health care provider; and\n(2) the assignment is obtained by or delivered to the insurer with the claim for benefits.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. April 1, 2005.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 8. HEALTH INSURANCE AND OTHER HEALTH COVERAGES","SUBTITLE A. HEALTH COVERAGE IN GENERAL","CHAPTER 1204. PROCEDURES FOR PAYMENT OF CERTAIN HEALTH AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE POLICY OR PLAN BENEFITS","SUBCHAPTER B. ASSIGNMENT OF BENEFIT PAYMENTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1204.htm#1204.054","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"aefd9bcf64317ca2b099823986987e39b354c8ffed21cd36abd89c368b2c98cb","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1204.053","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1204.055"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}