Texas § 843.203 SELECTION OF PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN OR PROVIDER.

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§ 843.203 — SELECTION OF PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN OR PROVIDER.

Texas § 843.203

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Tex. Insurance Code Code Ann. § 843.203 (2026).

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Sec. 843.203. SELECTION OF PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN OR PROVIDER.

(a)Each plan application form shall prominently include a space in which the enrollee at the time of application or enrollment shall select a primary care physician or primary care provider.

(b)An enrollee shall at all times have the right to select or change a primary care physician or primary care provider within the health maintenance organization network of available primary care physicians and primary care providers, except that a health maintenance organization may limit an enrollee's request to change physicians or providers to not more than four changes in a 12-month period.

(c)For purposes of this subchapter, an applicant physician, as defined by Chapter 1452 , may not be considered to be an available primary care p

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Sec. 843.203. SELECTION OF PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN OR PROVIDER. (a) Each plan application form shall prominently include a space in which the enrollee at the time of application or enrollment shall select a primary care physician or primary care provider.
(b) An enrollee shall at all times have the right to select or change a primary care physician or primary care provider within the health maintenance organization network of available primary care physicians and primary care providers, except that a health maintenance organization may limit an enrollee's request to change physicians or providers to not more than four changes in a 12-month period.
(c) For purposes of this subchapter, an applicant physician, as defined by Chapter 1452 , may not be considered to be an available primary care physician or primary care provider within the health maintenance organization delivery network for selection by an enrollee.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003. Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1203 (H.B. 1594 ), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2007.