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Tex. Occupations Code § 117.003 Direct Patient Care Not Insurance
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Sec. 117.003. DIRECT PATIENT CARE NOT INSURANCE. (a) A physician or health care practitioner providing direct patient care is not an insurer or health maintenance organization, and the physician or practitioner is not subject to regulation by the Texas Department of Insurance for…
Tex. Occupations Code § 117.004 Billing Insurer Or Health Maintenance Organization Prohibited
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Sec. 117.004. BILLING INSURER OR HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION PROHIBITED. A physician or health care practitioner may not bill an insurer or health maintenance organization for direct patient care that is paid under a direct patient care agreement. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg…
Tex. Occupations Code § 117.005 Interference Prohibited
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Sec. 117.005. INTERFERENCE PROHIBITED. (a) The Texas Medical Board or another state agency may not prohibit, interfere with, initiate a legal or administrative proceeding against, or impose a fine or penalty against: (1) a physician or health care practitioner solely because the …
Tex. Occupations Code § 117.006 Required Disclosure
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Sec. 117.006. REQUIRED DISCLOSURE. A physician or health care practitioner providing direct patient care shall provide written or electronic notice to the patient that a direct patient care agreement for direct patient care is not insurance, prior to entering into the agreement. …