Tex. Ins. Code § 843.320 · Subchapter I. RELATIONS WITH PHYSICIANS AND PROVIDERS
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 contract between a health maintenance organization 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. 1276, Sec. 10A.211(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
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.843.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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