Tex. Ins. Code § 1355.001 · Subchapter A. GROUP HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESSES AND OTHER DISORDERS
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this subchapter:
(1) "Serious mental illness" means the following psychiatric illnesses as defined by the American Psychiatric Association in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM):
(A) bipolar disorders (hypomanic, manic, depressive, and mixed);
(B) depression in childhood and adolescence;
(C) major depressive disorders (single episode or recurrent);
(D) obsessive-compulsive disorders;
(E) paranoid and other psychotic disorders;
(F) schizo-affective disorders (bipolar or depressive); and
(G) schizophrenia.
(2) "Small employer" has the meaning assigned by Section 1501.002.
(3) "Autism spectrum disorder" means a neurobiological disorder that includes autism, Asperger's syndrome, or Pervasive Developmental Disorder--Not Otherwise Specified.
(4) "Neurobiological disorder" means an illness of the nervous system caused by genetic, metabolic, or other biological factors.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. April 1, 2005.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 877 (H.B. 1919), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2007.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1355.htm
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- Tex. Ins. Code § 1355.003EXCEPTION.Printed as Section 1355.001
- Tex. Ins. Code § 1355.151PROHIBITION ON EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN COVERAGES.Printed as Section 1355.001
- Tex. Ins. Code § 1369.0547STEP THERAPY PROTOCOLS FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS TO TREAT SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESSES.Printed as Section 1355.001
- Tex. Ins. Code § 1551.003GENERAL DEFINITIONS.Printed as Section 1355.001
- Tex. Ins. Code § 1601.109COVERAGE FOR AIDS, HIV, OR SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS.Printed as Section 1355.001
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