Tex. Ins. Code § 1353.001

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.

Section 1353.001 - Prohibited Conduct

A managed care entity may not:

(1) require a physician participating in a managed care plan to issue an immunization or vaccination protocol for an immunization or vaccination to be administered to an enrollee in the plan;

(2) limit an enrollee's benefits for immunizations or vaccinations to circumstances in which an immunization or vaccination protocol is issued;

(3) provide a financial incentive to a physician to issue an immunization or vaccination protocol; or

(4) impose a financial or other penalty on a physician who refuses to issue an immunization or vaccination protocol.

Tex. Ins. Code § 1353.001

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. 4/1/2005.