{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1452.203","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 1452.203","heading":"ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.","body":"To qualify for expedited credentialing under this subchapter and payment under Section 1452.204, an applicant therapeutic optometrist must:\n(1) be licensed in this state by, and in good standing with, the Texas Optometry Board;\n(2) submit all documentation and other information required by the issuer of the managed care plan as necessary to enable the issuer to begin the credentialing process required by the issuer to include a therapeutic optometrist in the issuer's health benefit plan network; and\n(3) agree to comply with the terms of the managed care plan's participating provider contract currently in force with the applicant therapeutic optometrist's established professional practice.\nAdded by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 79 (S.B. 365), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 8. HEALTH INSURANCE AND OTHER HEALTH COVERAGES","SUBTITLE F. PHYSICIANS AND HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS","CHAPTER 1452. PHYSICIAN AND PROVIDER CREDENTIALS","SUBCHAPTER E. EXPEDITED CREDENTIALING PROCESS FOR CERTAIN THERAPEUTIC OPTOMETRISTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1452.htm#1452.203","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"665204d32e7ea2a0a1f1f47f7c556b948a41720b54d6623b5e77cd56ec3bfeff","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1452.202","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1452.204"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}