{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1204.055","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 1204.055","heading":"CONTRACTUAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR DEDUCTIBLES AND COPAYMENTS.","body":"(a) The payment of benefits under an assignment does not relieve a covered person of a contractual obligation to pay a deductible or copayment.\n(b) A physician or other health care provider may not waive a deductible or copayment by the acceptance of an assignment.\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#1204.055","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"c0a896d3e80adc1d82e66730df5e9308fe0d4f0eede81071510d1c69120d511d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1204.054","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1204.101"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}