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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