{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-843.053","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 843.053","heading":"LAWS RELATING TO RESTRAINT OF TRADE.","body":"(a) A health maintenance organization that contracts with a health facility or enters into an independent contractual arrangement with physicians or providers practicing individually or as a group is not, because of the contract or arrangement, considered to have entered into a conspiracy in restraint of trade in violation of Sections 15.01-15.26, Business \u0026 Commerce Code.\n(b) Notwithstanding any other law, a physician who contracts with one or more physicians in the process of conducting activities that are permitted by law but that do not require a certificate of authority under this chapter is not, because of the contract, considered to have entered into a conspiracy in restraint of trade in violation of Sections 15.01-15.26, Business \u0026 Commerce Code.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 6. ORGANIZATION OF INSURERS AND RELATED ENTITIES","SUBTITLE C. LIFE, HEALTH, AND ACCIDENT INSURERS AND RELATED ENTITIES","CHAPTER 843. HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS","SUBCHAPTER B. APPLICABILITY OF AND CONSTRUCTION WITH OTHER LAWS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.843.htm#843.053","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"cc0fcefaf41feab6ac09f6f9eca61498e03aa52c37e0710f70e774aa1b1cf5ab","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-843.052","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-843.054"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}