{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1451.257","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 1451.257","heading":"AVAILABILITY OF PROVIDERS.","body":"To ensure access to services that are within the scope of the professional specialty practice of a properly credentialed obstetrician or gynecologist, a health benefit plan shall include in the classification of persons authorized to provide medical services under the plan a sufficient number of properly credentialed obstetricians and gynecologists.\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 F. PHYSICIANS AND HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS","CHAPTER 1451. ACCESS TO CERTAIN PRACTITIONERS AND FACILITIES","SUBCHAPTER F. ACCESS TO OBSTETRICAL OR GYNECOLOGICAL CARE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1451.htm#1451.257","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"9b9a08b46bbde6364cb505a0002d88edbf2bd01f3e8a204595447257b188c760","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1451.256","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1451.258"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}