Tex. Ins. Code § 1451.202 · Subchapter E. DENTAL CARE BENEFITS IN HEALTH INSURANCE POLICIES OR EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS
APPLICABILITY AND CONSTRUCTION OF SUBCHAPTER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This subchapter applies only to an employee benefit plan or health insurance policy delivered, issued for delivery, renewed, or contracted for in this state to the extent that:
(1) the employee benefit plan is established or maintained to provide dental care services, through insurance or otherwise, for the plan's participants or the beneficiaries of the plan's participants; or
(2) the health insurance policy provides benefits for dental care services.
(b) This subchapter does not apply to a health maintenance organization governed by Chapter 843.
(c) The exemptions and exceptions of Sections 881.002 and 881.004 and Article 21.41 do not apply to this subchapter.
(d) This subchapter does not require an employee benefit plan or health insurance policy to provide any type of benefits for dental care expenses.
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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