Sec. 842.256. CONTRACTS WITH HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS. (a) A group hospital service corporation may contract with health care providers as necessary to ensure to each member or subscriber the provision of services and supplies covered by the membership certificate or policy of the corporation.
(b) A group hospital service corporation may not be required to contract with any particular health care provider.
(c) This section does not authorize a group hospital service corporation to contract with a health care provider in a manner prohibited by a licensing law of this state under which that health care provider operates.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.
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