Sec. 254.157.  CERTAIN ADVERTISING PROHIBITED.  (a)  A facility may not advertise or hold itself out as a network provider, including by stating that the facility "takes" or "accepts" any insurer, health maintenance organization, health benefit plan, or health benefit plan network, unless the facility is a network provider of a health benefit plan issuer.
(b)  A facility may not post the name or logo of a health benefit plan issuer in any signage or marketing materials if the facility is an out-of-network provider for all of the issuer's health benefit plans.
(c)  A violation of this section is a false, misleading, or deceptive act or practice under Subchapter E, Chapter 17, Business & Commerce Code, and is actionable under that subchapter.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1093 (H.B. 2041), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2019.