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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Insurance Code § 1216.001: DEFINITIONS.

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  1. INSURANCE CODE
  2. TITLE 8. HEALTH INSURANCE AND OTHER HEALTH COVERAGES
  3. SUBTITLE A. HEALTH COVERAGE IN GENERAL
  4. CHAPTER 1216. OUT-OF-COUNTRY COVERAGE PROHIBITED

In this chapter:

(1) "Enrollee" means an individual entitled to coverage under a health benefit plan.

(2) "Foreign country" means a governmental unit other than:

(A) the United States;

(B) a state, district, commonwealth, territory, or insular possession of the United States;

(C) the Panama Canal Zone; or

(D) the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.

(3) "Health care service" means a service to diagnose, prevent, alleviate, cure, or heal a health condition, sickness, or injury that is provided to an enrollee by a physician or other health care provider.

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1322 (S.B. 1391), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.

Renumbered from Insurance Code, Section 1215.001 by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 27.001(62), eff. September 1, 2009.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:21Z. Source file · JSON

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