Tex. Ins. Code § 1204.251 · Subchapter F. PAYMENT OF BENEFITS TO CONSERVATOR OF MINOR
PAYMENT TO CONSERVATOR OTHER THAN GROUP MEMBER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An insurer or group hospital service corporation operating under Chapter 842 that delivers, issues for delivery, or renews in this state a group accident and health insurance policy that provides coverage for a minor child who qualifies as a dependent of a group member may pay benefits on the child's behalf to a person who is not a group member if an order providing for the appointment of a possessory or managing conservator of the child has been issued by a court in this or another state.
(b) A person who is not a group member is entitled to be paid benefits under this section only if the person presents to the insurer or group hospital service corporation, with the claim application:
(1) written notice that the person is a possessory or managing conservator of the child on whose behalf the claim is made; and
(2) a certified copy of a court order designating the person as possessory or managing conservator of the child or other evidence designated by rule of the commissioner that the person is eligible for the benefits as this section provides.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. April 1, 2005.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1204.htm
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