Tex. Ins. Code § 1301.0516 · Subchapter B. RELATIONS WITH PHYSICIANS OR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
CHIROPRACTIC SERVICES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An insurer offering a preferred provider benefit plan that covers a service that is within the scope of a chiropractor's license may not refuse to provide reimbursement for the performance of the covered service solely because the service is provided by a chiropractor.
(b) This section does not require an insurer to cover a particular medical or health care service.
(c) This section does not affect the right of an insurer to determine whether a medical or health care service is medically necessary.
(d) An insurer that violates this section is subject to an administrative penalty as provided by Chapter 84 of not more than $1,000 for each claim that remains unpaid in violation of this section. Each day a violation continues constitutes a separate violation.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 116 (S.B. 1739), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1301.htm
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