{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1301.0516","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 1301.0516","heading":"CHIROPRACTIC SERVICES.","body":"(a) An insurer offering a preferred provider benefit plan that covers a service that is within the scope of a chiropractor's license may not refuse to provide reimbursement for the performance of the covered service solely because the service is provided by a chiropractor.\n(b) This section does not require an insurer to cover a particular medical or health care service.\n(c) This section does not affect the right of an insurer to determine whether a medical or health care service is medically necessary.\n(d) An insurer that violates this section is subject to an administrative penalty as provided by Chapter 84 of not more than $1,000 for each claim that remains unpaid in violation of this section. Each day a violation continues constitutes a separate violation.\nAdded by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 116 (S.B. 1739), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 8. HEALTH INSURANCE AND OTHER HEALTH COVERAGES","SUBTITLE D. PROVIDER PLANS","CHAPTER 1301. PREFERRED PROVIDER BENEFIT PLANS","SUBCHAPTER B. RELATIONS WITH PHYSICIANS OR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1301.htm#1301.0516","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"1b50af81c80532fbc8b547acf213d9e713739299e4d262a9f43ca37a965b979e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1301.0515","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1301.052"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}