Texas Insurance Code

§ 552.001 — APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER

IN § 552.001Title 5. PROTECTION OF CONSUMER INTERESTS · Part C. DECEPTIVE, UNFAIR, AND PROHIBITED PRACTICES · Ch. 552. ILLEGAL PRICING PRACTICES

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(a)This chapter does not apply to the provision of a health care service to a:

(1)Medicaid or Medicare patient or a patient who is covered by a federal, state, or local government-sponsored indigent health care program;

(2)financially or medically indigent person who qualifies for indigent health care services based on:

(A)a sliding fee scale; or

(B)a written charity care policy established by a health care provider; or

(3)person who is not covered by a health insurance policy or other health benefit plan that provides benefits for the services and qualifies for services for the uninsured based on a written policy established by a health care provider.

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Legislative history

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 724 (S.B. 500), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.