Sec. 1204.055. CONTRACTUAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR DEDUCTIBLES AND COPAYMENTS. (a) The payment of benefits under an assignment does not relieve a covered person of a contractual obligation to pay a deductible or copayment.
(b) A physician or other health care provider may not waive a deductible or copayment by the acceptance of an assignment.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. April 1, 2005.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 8 - Health Insurance and Other Health Coverages
Subtitle A - Health Coverage in General
Subchapter B. Assignment of Benefit Payments
Section 1204.052. Applicability to Certain Plans or Programs
Section 1204.053. Assignment of Benefits
Section 1204.054. Payment of Benefits According to Assignment
Section 1204.055. Contractual Responsibility for Deductibles and Copayments