{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1901.056","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 1901.056","heading":"ABSOLUTE RATES PROHIBITED.","body":"(a) In this section, \"absolute rates\" means rates, rating plans, or rating classifications that are filed under Chapter 2251 or Article 5.13-2 by an insurer or authorized rating organization and that are required to be used, to the exclusion of all others, by each insurer authorized to write policies.\n(b) A provision of this chapter, Chapter 2251, or Article 5.13-2 relating to the regulation of rates, rating plans, and rating classifications for professional liability insurance for physicians and health care providers does not:\n(1) give the commissioner the power to promulgate uniform or absolute rates; or\n(2) prevent different insurers or organizations authorized to file rates from filing different rates for risks in a given classification or modified rates for individual risks made in accordance with rating plans.\nAdded by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 727 (H.B. 2017), Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2007.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 10. PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE","SUBTITLE B. LIABILITY INSURANCE FOR PHYSICIANS AND HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS","CHAPTER 1901. PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY INSURANCE FOR PHYSICIANS AND HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS","SUBCHAPTER B. RATE STANDARDS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1901.htm#1901.056","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"2421a0e9dcc4ac63f2a2757ca14fcabbec0309360f3abd93d8ecc3cf00835bdf","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1901.055","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1901.057"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}