Tex. Ins. Code § 1301.063 · Subchapter B. RELATIONS WITH PHYSICIANS OR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
CONTRACT PROVISIONS RELATING TO USE OF HOSPITALIST.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In this section, "hospitalist" means a physician who:
(1) serves as physician of record at a hospital for a hospitalized patient of another physician; and
(2) returns the care of the patient to that other physician at the end of the patient's hospitalization.
(b) A preferred provider contract between an insurer and a physician may not require the physician to use a hospitalist for a hospitalized patient.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. April 1, 2005.
Source of truth
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- 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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