Sec. 1451.152. APPLICABILITY AND CONSTRUCTION OF SUBCHAPTER. (a) This subchapter applies only to a managed care plan that provides or arranges for benefits for vision or medical eye care services or procedures that are within the scope of an optometrist's or therapeutic optometrist's license.
(b) This subchapter does not require a managed care plan to provide vision or medical eye care services or procedures.
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 F - Physicians and Health Care Providers
Chapter 1451 - Access to Certain Practitioners and Facilities
Subchapter D. Access to Optometrists and Ophthalmologists Used Under Managed Care Plan
Section 1451.152. Applicability and Construction of Subchapter
Section 1451.153. Use of Optometrist, Therapeutic Optometrist, or Ophthalmologist
Section 1451.154. Participation of Therapeutic Optometrist
Section 1451.155. Contracts With Optometrists or Therapeutic Optometrists