Sec. 1901.056.  ABSOLUTE RATES PROHIBITED.  (a)  In this section, "absolute rates" means rates, rating plans, or rating classifications that are filed under Chapter 2251 or Article 5.13-2 by an insurer or authorized rating organization and that are required to be used, to the exclusion of all others, by each insurer authorized to write policies.
(b)  A provision of this chapter, Chapter 2251, or Article 5.13-2 relating to the regulation of rates, rating plans, and rating classifications for professional liability insurance for physicians and health care providers does not:
(1)  give the commissioner the power to promulgate uniform or absolute rates; or
(2)  prevent different insurers or organizations authorized to file rates from filing different rates for risks in a given classification or modified rates for individual risks made in accordance with rating plans.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 727 (H.B. 2017), Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2007.