Tex. Ins. Code § 1218.006 · Chapter 1218. COVERAGE FOR ELECTIVE ABORTION; PROHIBITIONS AND REQUIREMENTS
NOTICE BY ISSUER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A health benefit plan issuer that provides coverage for elective abortion shall at the time of enrollment in other health benefit plan coverage provide each enrollee with a notice that:
(1) coverage for elective abortion is optional and separate from other health benefit plan coverage offered by the health benefit plan issuer;
(2) the premium cost for coverage for elective abortion is a premium paid separately from, and in addition to, the premium for other health benefit plan coverage offered by the health benefit plan issuer; and
(3) the enrollee may enroll in a health benefit plan without obtaining coverage for elective abortion.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 5 (H.B. 214), Sec. 2, eff. December 1, 2017.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1218.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 c16083e9e3d3ffcc225fb697d851fdb706942195c09a648f9f4bfa41410db047
- Composed by
- 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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