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2024 Texas Statutes
Insurance Code
Title 8 - Health Insurance and Other Health Coverages
Subtitle E - Benefits Payable Under Health Coverages
Chapter 1353 - Immunization or Vaccination Protocols Under Managed Care Plans
Section 1353.001. Prohibited Conduct
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TX Ins Code § 1353.001 (2024)
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Sec. 1353.001. PROHIBITED CONDUCT. A managed care entity may not:
(1) require a physician participating in a managed care plan to issue an immunization or vaccination protocol for an immunization or vaccination to be administered to an enrollee in the plan;
(2) limit an enrollee's benefits for immunizations or vaccinations to circumstances in which an immunization or vaccination protocol is issued;
(3) provide a financial incentive to a physician to issue an immunization or vaccination protocol; or
(4) impose a financial or other penalty on a physician who refuses to issue an immunization or vaccination protocol.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. April 1, 2005.
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