Tex. Ins. Code § 1271.301 · Subchapter G. CONTINUATION OF COVERAGE, CONVERSION CONTRACTS, AND RENEWAL
ENTITLEMENT TO CONTINUATION OF GROUP COVERAGE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In this section, "involuntary termination for cause" does not include termination for any health-related reason.
(b) A health maintenance organization shall provide a group coverage continuation privilege as required by and subject to the eligibility provisions of this subchapter.
(c) An enrollee is entitled to continue group coverage as provided by this subchapter if:
(1) the enrollee's coverage under a group contract is terminated for any reason except involuntary termination for cause; and
(2) the enrollee for at least three consecutive months immediately before the termination of coverage has been continuously covered under the group contract and under any previous group contract providing similar services and benefits that the current group contract replaced.
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.1271.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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