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Texas Occupations Code § 102.005

Applicability to Certain Entities

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Section 102.001 does not apply to:

(1) a licensed insurer;

(2) a governmental entity, including:

(A) an intergovernmental risk pool established under Chapter 172, Local Government Code; and

(B) a system as defined by Section 1601.003, Insurance Code;

(3) a group hospital service corporation;

(4) a health maintenance organization that reimburses, provides, offers to provide, or administers hospital, medical, dental, or other health-related benefits under a health benefits plan for which it is the payor;

(5) a health care collaborative certified under Chapter 848, Insurance Code; or

(6) a referral agency as defined by Section 121.001, Business & Commerce Code.

Official text of the Texas Occupations Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 10A.542, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 7 (S.B. 7), Sec. 4.05, eff. September 28, 2011.

Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 497 (S.B. 1383), Sec. 2, eff. June 20, 2025.

This section refers to

§ 102.001

Other codes referenced

Ins. § 1601.003Bus. & Com. § 121.001