Sec. 1301.0516.  CHIROPRACTIC SERVICES.  (a)  An insurer offering a preferred provider benefit plan that covers a service that is within the scope of a chiropractor's license may not refuse to provide reimbursement for the performance of the covered service solely because the service is provided by a chiropractor.
(b)  This section does not require an insurer to cover a particular medical or health care service.
(c)  This section does not affect the right of an insurer to determine whether a medical or health care service is medically necessary.
(d)  An insurer that violates this section is subject to an administrative penalty as provided by Chapter 84 of not more than $1,000 for each claim that remains unpaid in violation of this section.  Each day a violation continues constitutes a separate violation.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 116 (S.B. 1739), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.