Tex. Lab. Code § 413.043 · Subchapter D. HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
OVERCHARGING PROHIBITED; OFFENSE.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A health care provider commits an offense if the person knowingly charges an insurance carrier an amount greater than that normally charged for similar treatment to a payor outside the workers' compensation system, except for mandated or negotiated charges.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.413.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 ca343eb9b04826ec531b55eae91b197f1df31c7cff0ae133426f82302132e8ba
- 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
Cited by 1 provision
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Lab. Code § 413.043. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
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.