Tex. Ins. Code § 1504.051 · Subchapter B. DUTIES OF BENEFIT PLAN ISSUER
ENROLLMENT OF CERTAIN CHILDREN REQUIRED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A benefit plan issuer shall permit a parent to enroll a child in dependent health or dental coverage offered through the issuer regardless of any enrollment period restriction if the parent is:
(1) eligible for dependent health or dental coverage; and
(2) required by a court order or administrative order to provide health or dental insurance coverage for the child.
(b) A benefit plan issuer shall enroll a child of a parent described by Subsection (a) in dependent health or dental coverage offered through the issuer if:
(1) the parent does not apply to obtain health or dental coverage for the child through the issuer; and
(2) the child, a custodial parent of the child, or a child support agency having a duty to collect or enforce support for the child applies for the coverage.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. April 1, 2005.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1150 (S.B. 550), Sec. 64, eff. September 1, 2018.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1504.htm
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- 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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