{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-151.005","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 151.005","heading":"GOVERNMENTAL DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED.","body":"(a) A program supported in whole or in part by the state or by a political subdivision of the state may not discriminate against a health care practitioner because the practitioner is a physician specializing in ophthalmology.\n(b) A law or policy of the state or of a political subdivision of the state that requires or encourages a person to obtain vision care or medical eye care that is within the scope of practice of an optometrist or therapeutic optometrist may not discriminate against a health care practitioner because the practitioner is a physician specializing in ophthalmology.\nActs 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS","SUBTITLE B. PHYSICIANS","CHAPTER 151. GENERAL PROVISIONS","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.151.htm#151.005","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"24ce35e7b5154bc1c373fb2c96d7ea2b27fd6e685f34e90cbe3667a66ee4a46b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-151.004","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-151.051"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}