INSURANCE CODE

CHAPTER 552. ILLEGAL PRICING PRACTICES


	§ 552.001.  APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.  This chapter does 
not apply to the provision of a health care service to a:
		(1)  Medicaid or Medicare patient;  or                                        
		(2)  medically indigent person who qualifies for a 
sliding fee scale.       

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, § 2, eff. April 1, 2005.          


	§ 552.002.  FRAUDULENT INSURANCE ACT.  An offense under 
Section 552.003 is a fraudulent insurance act under Chapter 701.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, § 2, eff. April 1, 2005.          


	§ 552.003.  CHARGING DIFFERENT PRICES;  OFFENSE.  (a)  A 
person commits an offense if:
		(1)  the person knowingly or intentionally charges two 
different prices for providing the same product or service;  and
		(2)  the higher price charged is based on the fact that 
an insurer will pay all or part of the price of the product or 
service.
	(b)  An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.                   

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, § 2, eff. April 1, 2005.