Tex. Ins. Code § 2054.603 · Subchapter M. SUBSIDIARIES AUTHORIZED TO PROVIDE HEALTH BENEFIT COVERAGE
CONSIDERATIONS AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR DEVELOPING HEALTH BENEFIT COVERAGE OFFERINGS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In developing health benefit coverage or health benefit plan options to be offered through a subsidiary of the company, the company shall fully explore all health coverage options that may be offered under this subchapter and place emphasis on:
(1) increasing competition in the health insurance market;
(2) utilizing innovations that improve the quality of health care while lowering health care costs;
(3) ensuring adequacy of benefits and access to care for individuals in this state with preexisting conditions;
(4) issuing coverage in a manner that does not discriminate against individuals with preexisting conditions;
(5) leveraging federal tax credits that may be available for private health benefit plans to the greatest extent possible to increase the affordability of health benefit plans;
(6) ensuring transparency and coherence of costs and coverage to inform individuals shopping for health benefits;
(7) reducing incidences of medical debt faced by individuals in this state and uncompensated care faced by providers in this state; and
(8) ensuring equitable costs regardless of gender or prospects of pregnancy or childbirth.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1019 (H.B. 3752), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.2054.htm
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