Legal Opinion

Opinion No.

Texas Attorney General Reports

Decided December 27, 2001Published

1Opinion of the Court

Office of the Attorney General — State of Texas John Cornyn The Honorable Patrick B. Haggerty Chair, House Corrections Committee Texas House of Representatives P. O. Box 2910 Austin, Texas 78768-2910

Re: Whether a hospital may contract exclusively with a single medical insurance provider (RQ-0407-JC)

Dear Representative Haggerty:

You ask about the authority of a hospital to enter into an "exclusive" point-of-service, member hospital contract with a group hospital corporation.1 We understand that you are concerned that such a contract violates the Texas Free Enterprise and Antitrust Act of 1983.…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. United States v. Grinnell Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, Appts. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
  3. United States v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
  4. Continental T. v. Inc. v. GTE Sylvania Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
  5. Board of Trade of Chicago v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1918

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