Tex. Ins. Code § 1216.001 · Chapter 1216. OUT-OF-COUNTRY COVERAGE PROHIBITED
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this chapter:
(1) "Enrollee" means an individual entitled to coverage under a health benefit plan.
(2) "Foreign country" means a governmental unit other than:
(A) the United States;
(B) a state, district, commonwealth, territory, or insular possession of the United States;
(C) the Panama Canal Zone; or
(D) the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
(3) "Health care service" means a service to diagnose, prevent, alleviate, cure, or heal a health condition, sickness, or injury that is provided to an enrollee by a physician or other health care provider.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1322 (S.B. 1391), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.
Renumbered from Insurance Code, Section 1215.001 by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 27.001(62), eff. September 1, 2009.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1216.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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