Texas Insurance Code Title 8, Chapter 1460 - Standards Required Regarding Certain Physician Rankings By Health Benefit Plans
Texas Section 1460.001 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Health benefit plan issuer" means an entity authorized under this code or another insurance law of this state that provides health...
Texas Section 1460.002 - Exemption
This chapter does not apply to: (1) a Medicaid managed care program operated under Chapter 533, Government Code; (2) a Medicaid program operated under Chapter...
Texas Section 1460.003 - Physician Ranking Requirements
(a) A health benefit plan issuer, including a subsidiary or affiliate, may not rank physicians, classify physicians into tiers based on performance, or publish physician-specific...
Texas Section 1460.004 - Duties Of Physicians
A physician may not require or request that a patient of the physician enter into an agreement under which the patient agrees not to: (1)...
Texas Section 1460.005 - Rules; Standards
(a) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this chapter. (b) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to ensure that a health...