Sec. 1451.2065. CONTRACTS WITH DENTISTS. (a) In this section, "covered service" means a dental care service for which reimbursement is available under a patient's employee benefit plan or health insurance policy, or for which reimbursement is available subject to a contractual limitation, including:
(1) a deductible;
(2) a copayment;
(3) coinsurance;
(4) a waiting period;
(5) an annual or lifetime maximum limit;
(6) a frequency limitation; or
(7) an alternative benefit payment.
(b) A contract between an insurer and a dentist may not limit the fee the dentist may charge for a service that is not a covered service.
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1061 (S.B. 554), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2011.