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

Tex. Insurance Code § 1251.154: COVERAGE FOR ADOPTED CHILDREN.

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  1. INSURANCE CODE
  2. TITLE 8. HEALTH INSURANCE AND OTHER HEALTH COVERAGES
  3. SUBTITLE B. GROUP HEALTH COVERAGE
  4. CHAPTER 1251. GROUP AND BLANKET HEALTH INSURANCE
  5. SUBCHAPTER D. GROUP ACCIDENT AND HEALTH INSURANCE: COVERAGE FOR DEPENDENTS

A group policy or contract of insurance for hospital, surgical, or medical expenses incurred as a result of accident or sickness, including a group contract issued by a group hospital service corporation, that provides coverage for the immediate family or a child of an insured may not exclude from coverage or limit coverage of a child of the insured solely because the child is adopted. A child is considered to be the child of an insured if the insured is a party to a suit in which the insured seeks to adopt the child.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. April 1, 2005.

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

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