Tex.
Ins. Code Section 552.001
Applicability of Chapter
(a)
This chapter does not apply to the provision of a health care service to a:(1)
Medicaid or Medicare patient or a patient who is covered by a federal, state, or local government-sponsored indigent health care program;(2)
financially or medically indigent person who qualifies for indigent health care services based on:(A)
a sliding fee scale; or(B)
a written charity care policy established by a health care provider; or(3)
person who is not covered by a health insurance policy or other health benefit plan that provides benefits for the services and qualifies for services for the uninsured based on a written policy established by a health care provider.(b)
This chapter does not permit the establishment of health care provider policies or contracts that violate any other state or federal law.(c)
This chapter does not prohibit a health care provider from entering into a contract to provide services covered by a health insurance policy or other health benefit plan with:(1)
the issuer of the health insurance policy or other health benefit plan; or(2)
a preferred provider organization that contracts with the issuer of the health insurance policy or other health benefit plan.
Source:
Section 552.001 — Applicability of Chapter, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.552.htm#552.001 (accessed Dec. 2, 2023).
