Tex. Ins. Code § 1451.351 · Subchapter H. DISABILITY CERTIFIED BY PODIATRIST
LOSS OF INCOME BENEFITS FOR DISABILITY TREATABLE BY PODIATRIST.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This section applies only to an insurance policy delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed in this state that provides benefits covering loss of income as a result of an acute temporary disability caused by sickness or injury.
(b) An insurance policy may not deny payment of benefits described by Subsection (a) solely because the disability is certified or attested to by a podiatrist if the disability is caused by a sickness or injury that may be treated within the scope of the podiatrist's license.
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.1451.htm
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