Sec. 162.255.  INTERFERENCE PROHIBITED.  (a)  The board or another state agency may not prohibit, interfere with, initiate a legal or administrative proceeding against, or impose a fine or penalty against:
(1)  a physician solely because the physician provides direct primary care; or
(2)  a person solely because the person pays a direct fee for direct primary care.
(b)  A health insurer, health maintenance organization, or health care provider as that term is defined by Section 105.001 may  not prohibit, interfere with, or initiate a legal proceeding against:
(1)  a physician solely because the physician provides direct primary care; or
(2)  a person solely because the person pays a direct fee for direct primary care.
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 165 (H.B. 1945), Sec. 1, eff. May 28, 2015.