Tex. Ins. Code § 1368.003 · Chapter 1368. AVAILABILITY OF CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY COVERAGE
EXCEPTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
This chapter does not apply to:
(1) an employer, trustee, or other self-funded or self-insured plan or arrangement with 250 or fewer employees or members;
(2) an individual insurance policy;
(3) an individual evidence of coverage issued by a health maintenance organization;
(4) a health insurance policy that provides only:
(A) cash indemnity for hospital or other confinement benefits;
(B) supplemental or limited benefit coverage;
(C) coverage for specified diseases or accidents;
(D) disability income coverage; or
(E) any combination of those benefits or coverages;
(5) a blanket insurance policy;
(6) a short-term travel insurance policy;
(7) an accident-only insurance policy;
(8) a limited or specified disease insurance policy;
(9) an individual conversion insurance policy or contract;
(10) a policy or contract designed for issuance to a person eligible for Medicare coverage or other similar coverage under a state or federal government plan; or
(11) an evidence of coverage provided by a health maintenance organization if the plan holder is the subject of a collective bargaining agreement that was in effect on January 1, 1982, and that has not expired since that date.
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.1368.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 1937634f05034a0bc52da08603d5a9710b5141cd2a666dbaa65edd47cc261ed4
- 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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