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

Tex. Insurance Code § 546.053: TESTING RELATED TO PREGNANCY.

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  1. INSURANCE CODE
  2. TITLE 5. PROTECTION OF CONSUMER INTERESTS
  3. SUBTITLE C. DECEPTIVE, UNFAIR, AND PROHIBITED PRACTICES
  4. CHAPTER 546. USE OF GENETIC TESTING INFORMATION
  5. SUBCHAPTER B. GENETIC TESTING AND USE OF TEST RESULTS

(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.

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.

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

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