A managed care entity may not:

1. (1) require a physician participating in a managed care plan to issue an immunization or vaccination protocol for an immunization or vaccination to be administered to an enrollee in the plan;
2. (2) limit an enrollee's benefits for immunizations or vaccinations to circumstances in which an immunization or vaccination protocol is issued;
3. (3) provide a financial incentive to a physician to issue an immunization or vaccination protocol; or
4. (4) impose a financial or other penalty on a physician who refuses to issue an immunization or vaccination protocol.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. April 1, 2005.