Tex. Ins. Code § 1501.103 · Subchapter C. PROVISION OF COVERAGE
TREATMENT OF CERTAIN CONDITIONS AS PREEXISTING PROHIBITED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A small or large employer health benefit plan issuer may not treat genetic information as a preexisting condition described by Section 1501.102(b) in the absence of a diagnosis of the condition related to the information.
(b) A small or large employer health benefit plan issuer may not treat pregnancy as a preexisting condition described by Section 1501.102(b).
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.1501.htm
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