Tex. Ins. Code § 1355.003 · Subchapter A. GROUP HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESSES AND OTHER DISORDERS
EXCEPTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This subchapter does not apply to coverage under:
(1) a blanket accident and health insurance policy, as described by Chapter 1251;
(2) a short-term travel policy;
(3) an accident-only policy;
(4) a limited or specified-disease policy that does not provide benefits for mental health care or similar services;
(5) except as provided by Subsection (b), a plan offered under Chapter 1551 or Chapter 1601;
(6) a plan offered in accordance with Section 1355.151; or
(7) a Medicare supplement benefit plan, as defined by Section 1652.002.
(b) For the purposes of a plan described by Subsection (a)(5), "serious mental illness" has the meaning assigned by Section 1355.001.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. April 1, 2005.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1355.htm
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Insurance Code
- Tex. Ins. Code ch. 1251GROUP AND BLANKET HEALTH INSURANCEPrinted as Chapter 1251
- Tex. Ins. Code § 1355.001DEFINITIONS.Printed as Section 1355.001
- Tex. Ins. Code § 1355.151PROHIBITION ON EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN COVERAGES.Printed as Section 1355.151
- Tex. Ins. Code ch. 1551TEXAS EMPLOYEES GROUP BENEFITS ACTPrinted as Chapter 1551
- Tex. Ins. Code ch. 1601UNIFORM INSURANCE BENEFITS ACT FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM AND THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEMPrinted as Chapter 1601
- Tex. Ins. Code § 1652.002MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT BENEFIT PLAN.Printed as Section 1652.002
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