Tex. Ins. Code § 1460.004 · Chapter 1460. STANDARDS REQUIRED REGARDING CERTAIN PHYSICIAN RANKINGS BY HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS
DUTIES OF PHYSICIANS.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A physician may not require or request that a patient of the physician enter into an agreement under which the patient agrees not to:
(1) rank or otherwise evaluate the physician;
(2) participate in surveys regarding the physician; or
(3) in any way comment on the patient's opinion of the physician.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 652 (H.B. 1888), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1460.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 1a7b6878bc55740c80cdd70cc5678483b26d656c3ebc425f17830433f00e6261
- Composed by
- 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
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.