Sec. 1351.006.  REIMBURSEMENT FOR HOME HEALTH SERVICES:  PHYSICIAN CERTIFICATION REQUIRED.  A group health benefit plan issuer may not provide reimbursement for home health services provided under the plan unless the attending physician certifies that hospitalization or confinement in a skilled facility would be required if a treatment plan for home health care were not provided.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. April 1, 2005.