Texas Insurance Code
§ 843.053 — LAWS RELATING TO RESTRAINT OF TRADE
IN § 843.053Title 6. ORGANIZATION OF INSURERS AND RELATED ENTITIES · Part C. LIFE, HEALTH, AND ACCIDENT INSURERS AND RELATED ENTITIES · Ch. 843. HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS · Art. B. APPLICABILITY OF AND CONSTRUCTION WITH OTHER LAWS
Statute text
View on source(a)A health maintenance organization that contracts with a health facility or enters into an independent contractual arrangement with physicians or providers practicing individually or as a group is not, because of the contract or arrangement, considered to have entered into a conspiracy in restraint of trade in violation of Sections 15.01-15.26, Business & Commerce Code.
(b)Notwithstanding any other law, a physician who contracts with one or more physicians in the process of conducting activities that are permitted by law but that do not require a certificate of authority under this chapter is not, because of the contract, considered to have entered into a conspiracy in restraint of trade in violation of Sections 15.01-15.26, Business & Commerce Code.
Legislative history
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.