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Tex. Ins. Code § 1301.066

RETALIATION AGAINST PREFERRED PROVIDER PROHIBITED

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff

An insurer may not engage in any retaliatory action against a physician or health care provider, including terminating the physician's or provider's participation in the preferred provider benefit plan or refusing to renew the physician's or provider's contract, because the physician or provider has:

(1) on behalf of an insured, reasonably filed a complaint against the insurer; or

(2) appealed a decision of the insurer.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.