Tex. Ins. Code § 1366.005 · Subchapter A. COVERAGE FOR IN VITRO FERTILIZATION PROCEDURES
CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO COVERAGE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The coverage offered under Section 1366.003 is required only if:
(1) the patient for the in vitro fertilization procedure is an individual covered under the group health benefit plan;
(2) the fertilization or attempted fertilization of the patient's oocytes is made only with the sperm of the patient's spouse;
(3) the patient and the patient's spouse have a history of infertility of at least five continuous years' duration or the infertility is associated with:
(A) endometriosis;
(B) exposure in utero to diethylstilbestrol (DES);
(C) blockage of or surgical removal of one or both fallopian tubes; or
(D) oligospermia;
(4) the patient has been unable to attain a successful pregnancy through any less costly applicable infertility treatments for which coverage is available under the group health benefit plan; and
(5) the in vitro fertilization procedures are performed at a medical facility that conforms to the minimal standards for programs of in vitro fertilization adopted by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. April 1, 2005.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1366.htm
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