Sec. 1301.0515.  ACUPUNCTURIST SERVICES.  (a)  An insurer offering a preferred provider benefit plan that includes acupuncture in the services covered by the plan may not refuse to provide reimbursement for the performance of a covered acupuncture service solely because the service is provided by an acupuncturist.
(b)  This section does not require an insurer to offer acupuncture as a covered service.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 622 (H.B. 2371), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2005.