Texas Insurance Code
§ 843.3041 — ACUPUNCTURIST SERVICES
IN § 843.3041Title 6. ORGANIZATION OF INSURERS AND RELATED ENTITIES · Part C. LIFE, HEALTH, AND ACCIDENT INSURERS AND RELATED ENTITIES · Ch. 843. HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS · Art. I. RELATIONS WITH PHYSICIANS AND PROVIDERS
Statute text
View on source(a)A health maintenance organization that includes acupuncture in the services covered by the organization's health care plan may not refuse to provide reimbursement for the performance of a covered acupuncture service solely because the service is performed by an acupuncturist.
(b)This section does not require a health maintenance organization to offer acupuncture as a covered service.
Legislative history
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 622 (H.B. 2371), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.