Section 1301.0516 - Chiropractic Services(a) An insurer offering a preferred provider benefit plan that covers a service that is within the scope of a chiropractor's license may not refuse to provide reimbursement for the performance of the covered service solely because the service is provided by a chiropractor.(b) This section does not require an insurer to cover a particular medical or health care service.(c) This section does not affect the right of an insurer to determine whether a medical or health care service is medically necessary.(d) An insurer that violates this section is subject to an administrative penalty as provided by Chapter 84 of not more than $1,000 for each claim that remains unpaid in violation of this section. Each day a violation continues constitutes a separate violation.Tex. Ins. Code § 1301.0516
Added by Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 116,Sec. 2, eff. 9/1/2019. See Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 116, Sec. 4.