{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-843.320","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 843.320","heading":"USE OF HOSPITALIST.","body":"(a) In this section, \"hospitalist\" means a physician who:\n(1) serves as physician of record at a hospital for a hospitalized patient of another physician; and\n(2) returns the care of the patient to that other physician at the end of the patient's hospitalization.\n(b) A contract between a health maintenance organization and a physician may not require the physician to use a hospitalist for a hospitalized patient.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 10A.211(a), eff. Sept. 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 I. RELATIONS WITH PHYSICIANS AND PROVIDERS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.843.htm#843.320","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"8bf0a289cfa2498c0191ed1c8eddae075042c727cbdc6ffbfb8eccd0748f5027","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-843.319","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-843.321"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}