{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1451.151","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 1451.151","heading":"DEFINITION.","body":"In this subchapter, \"managed care plan\" means a plan under which a health maintenance organization, preferred provider benefit plan issuer, vision benefit plan issuer, vision benefit plan administrator, or other organization provides or arranges for health care benefits or vision benefits to plan participants and requires or encourages plan participants to use health care practitioners the plan designates.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. April 1, 2005.\nAmended by:\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 898 (H.B. 1696), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 8. HEALTH INSURANCE AND OTHER HEALTH COVERAGES","SUBTITLE F. PHYSICIANS AND HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS","CHAPTER 1451. ACCESS TO CERTAIN PRACTITIONERS AND FACILITIES","SUBCHAPTER D. ACCESS TO OPTOMETRISTS USED UNDER MANAGED CARE PLAN"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1451.htm#1451.151","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"d6926005885c5274c6d18a16e5d825ea6c71e8f0f5f420149f5f405791db0feb","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1451.129","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1451.152"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}