{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-843.281","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 843.281","heading":"RETALIATORY ACTION PROHIBITED.","body":"(a) A health maintenance organization may not engage in retaliatory action, including refusal to renew or cancellation of coverage, against a group contract holder or enrollee because the group or enrollee or a person acting on behalf of the group or enrollee has filed a complaint against the health maintenance organization or appealed a decision of the health maintenance organization.\n(b) A health maintenance organization may not engage in retaliatory action, including refusal to renew or termination of a contract, against a physician or provider because the physician or provider has, on behalf of an enrollee, reasonably filed a complaint against the health maintenance organization or appealed a decision of the health maintenance organization.\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 H. GENERAL PROVISIONS REGARDING COMPLAINTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.843.htm#843.281","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"eafddb0753e0c3d5caa0203fe0e73a8d73b292101abbaa20bf09e116326d2405","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-843.262","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-843.282"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}