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

Tex. Insurance Code § 544.153: PROHIBITIONS.

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  1. INSURANCE CODE
  2. TITLE 5. PROTECTION OF CONSUMER INTERESTS
  3. SUBTITLE C. DECEPTIVE, UNFAIR, AND PROHIBITED PRACTICES
  4. CHAPTER 544. PROHIBITED DISCRIMINATION
  5. SUBCHAPTER D. FAMILY VIOLENCE

(a) A health benefit plan issuer or life insurer may not, because of an individual's status as a victim of family violence:

(1) deny coverage to the individual;

(2) refuse to renew the individual's coverage;

(3) cancel the individual's coverage;

(4) limit the amount, extent, or kind of coverage available to the individual; or

(5) charge the individual or a group to which the individual belongs a rate that is different from the rate charged to other individuals or groups, respectively, for the same coverage.

(b) A health benefit plan issuer or life insurer may not, as a part of an application for coverage, require an applicant to reveal whether the applicant has been or may become a victim of family violence.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2005.

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

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