Tex. Ins. Code § 1575.163 · Subchapter D. COVERAGES AND PARTICIPATION
LIMITATIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The Teacher Retirement System of Texas, as trustee, may not contract for or provide a health benefit plan that excludes from participation in the network a general hospital that:
(1) is located in the geographical service area or areas of the health coverage plan that includes a county that:
(A) has a population of at least 100,000 and not more than 233,500; and
(B) is located in the Texas-Louisiana border region, as that term is defined in Section 2056.002(e), Government Code; and
(2) agrees to provide medical and health care services under the plan subject to the same terms and conditions as other hospital providers under the plan.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 201, Sec. 50, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1163 (H.B. 2702), Sec. 57, eff. September 1, 2011.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 644 (H.B. 4559), Sec. 117, eff. September 1, 2023.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1575.htm
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