Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 162.005 - Anti-Retaliation Policy(a) A health organization certified under Section 162.001(b) shall develop, implement, and comply with an anti-retaliation policy for physicians under which the health organization may not terminate, demote, retaliate against, discipline, discriminate against, or otherwise penalize a physician for: (1) filing in good faith a complaint under Section 162.004;(2) cooperating in good faith with an investigation or proceeding of the board relating to a complaint filed under Section 162.004; or(3) communicating to a patient in good faith what the physician reasonably believes to be the physician's best, independent medical judgment.(b) On a determination that a health organization certified under Section 162.001(b) has failed to develop, implement, or comply with a policy described by Subsection (a), the board may take any action allowed under this subtitle or board rule applicable to a health organization.Added by Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 771,Sec. 2, eff. 9/1/2019, and 1/1/2020.