Art. 21.79F. Illegal Pricing Practices.

(a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly charges two different prices for providing the same product or service, where the higher price 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 article is a Class B misdemeanor.

(c) An offense under this article is a fraudulent insurance act for the purpose of Article 1.10D of this code.

(d) This article does not apply to the provision of health care services to Medicaid or Medicare patients or to medically indigent persons who qualify for sliding fee scales.

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 242, Sec. 4.06, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Renumbered from V.A.T.S. Ins. Code, art. 21.79E by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 200, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.