Tex. Ins. Code § 546.053 · Subchapter B. GENETIC TESTING AND USE OF TEST RESULTS
TESTING RELATED TO PREGNANCY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In this section, "coerce" means to restrain or dominate a woman's free will by actual or implied:
(1) force; or
(2) threat of rejecting, denying, limiting, canceling, refusing to renew, or otherwise adversely affecting eligibility for coverage under a health benefit plan.
(b) A health benefit plan issuer may not:
(1) require as a condition of coverage genetic testing of a child in utero without the pregnant woman's consent; or
(2) use genetic information to coerce or compel a pregnant woman to have an induced abortion.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2005.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 670 (S.B. 53), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2005.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.546.htm
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- sha256 14690351f7c23343172aa9d008ec389be0c06437fd83575fc2300b8208d2bf54
- Composed by
- 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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