Tex. Ins. Code § 1252.104 · Subchapter B. DISCONTINUATION OF COVERAGE
LIABILITY FOR LOSS UNDER AUTOMATICALLY DISCONTINUED COVERAGE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If a health benefit plan provides for automatic discontinuation of coverage when a premium or subscription charge due under the plan is not paid before the expiration of a grace period specified in the plan for that payment, the carrier or other entity responsible for making premium payments or for submitting premiums or subscription charges to the carrier is liable, on the submission of a valid claim, for a loss that is:
(1) covered by the plan; and
(2) incurred before the expiration of the grace period.
(b) The commissioner may adopt reasonable rules necessary to implement this section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. April 1, 2005.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1252.htm
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- 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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