Tex. Ins. Code § 1301.062 · Subchapter B. RELATIONS WITH PHYSICIANS OR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
PREFERRED PROVIDER CONTRACTS BETWEEN INSURERS AND PODIATRISTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A preferred provider contract between an insurer and a podiatrist licensed by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation must provide that:
(1) the podiatrist may request a copy of the coding guidelines and payment schedules applicable to the compensation that the podiatrist will receive under the contract for services;
(2) the insurer shall provide a copy of the coding guidelines and payment schedules not later than the 30th day after the date of the podiatrist's request;
(3) the insurer may not unilaterally make material retroactive revisions to the coding guidelines and payment schedules; and
(4) the podiatrist may, practicing within the scope of the law regulating podiatry, furnish x-rays and nonprefabricated orthotics covered by the health insurance policy.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. April 1, 2005.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 467 (H.B. 4170), Sec. 19.014, eff. September 1, 2019.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1301.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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