{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1301.063","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 1301.063","heading":"CONTRACT PROVISIONS RELATING TO USE OF HOSPITALIST.","body":"(a) In this section, \"hospitalist\" means a physician who:\n(1) serves as physician of record at a hospital for a hospitalized patient of another physician; and\n(2) returns the care of the patient to that other physician at the end of the patient's hospitalization.\n(b) A preferred provider contract between an insurer and a physician may not require the physician to use a hospitalist for a hospitalized patient.\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 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#1301.063","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"805d06be5ceeb8bab412a76c74a127ce9baa21b5f8039debdb6ea64822c5a92a","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1301.0625","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1301.064"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}