Texas Insurance Code
§ 1204.053 — ASSIGNMENT OF BENEFITS
IN § 1204.053Title 8. HEALTH INSURANCE AND OTHER HEALTH COVERAGES · Part A. HEALTH COVERAGE IN GENERAL · Ch. 1204. PROCEDURES FOR PAYMENT OF CERTAIN HEALTH AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE POLICY OR PLAN BENEFITS · Art. B. ASSIGNMENT OF BENEFIT PAYMENTS
Statute text
View on source(a)An insurer may not deliver, renew, or issue for delivery in this state a health insurance policy that prohibits or restricts a covered person from making a written assignment of benefits to a physician or other health care provider who provides health care services to the person.
(b)This section does not:
(1)provide a coverage or benefit that is not otherwise available under the health insurance policy;
(2)allow assignment of a benefit to:
(A)a person who is not legally entitled to receive such a direct payment; or
(B)another person if, under the health insurance policy or plan, the benefit must be provided to the covered person by a physician or other health care provider who is a contractor or preferred provider under the policy; or
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. April 1, 2005.