Tex. Ins. Code § 843.316 · Subchapter I. RELATIONS WITH PHYSICIANS AND PROVIDERS
ALTERNATIVE CAPITATION SYSTEM.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
As an alternative to the procedures prescribed by Section 843.315, a health maintenance organization may request approval from the department of a capitation payment system that ensures:
(1) immediate availability and accessibility of a primary care physician or primary care provider; and
(2) payment to a primary care physician or primary care provider of a capitated amount certified by a qualified actuary to be actuarially sufficient to compensate the primary care physician or primary care provider for the risk assumed.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.843.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 e724c527cc3a85c6c860e30aeb2df16282a58ac2bbd3ed34a161cd4dec2ae67e
- 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
This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
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.