Sec. 1301.063.  CONTRACT PROVISIONS RELATING TO USE OF HOSPITALIST.  (a)  In this section, "hospitalist" means a physician who:
(1)  serves as physician of record at a hospital for a hospitalized patient of another physician;  and
(2)  returns the care of the patient to that other physician at the end of the patient's hospitalization.
(b)  A preferred provider contract between an insurer and a physician may not require the physician to use a hospitalist for a hospitalized patient.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. April 1, 2005.