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.