{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-491.102-2","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 491.102 (2)","heading":"COVERAGE OPTIONAL.","body":"A health benefit plan issuer, third-party administrator, or governmental agency may, but is not required to, provide coverage for the cost of an individualized investigational treatment or the cost of services related to the use of an individualized investigational treatment under this chapter.\nAdded by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 285 (S.B. 984), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 6. FOOD, DRUGS, ALCOHOL, AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES","SUBTITLE C. SUBSTANCE ABUSE REGULATION AND CRIMES Chapter 491, consisting of Secs. 491.001 to 491.151, was added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 285 (S.B. 984), Sec. 1. For another Chapter 491, consisting of Secs. 491.001 to 491.103, added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 333 (S.B. 2308), Sec. 1, see Sec. 491.001 et seq., post. For another Chapter 491, consisting of Secs. 491.001 to 491.151, added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 352 (S.B. 670), Sec. 2, see Sec. 491.001 et seq., post.","CHAPTER 491. ACCESS TO INDIVIDUALIZED INVESTIGATIONAL TREATMENTS FOR PATIENTS WITH LIFE-THREATENING OR SEVERELY DEBILITATING ILLNESSES","SUBCHAPTER C. HEALTH COVERAGE, COSTS, AND SERVICES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.491.v3.htm#491.102","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"31c1020ce2a90267a6fb7061f700c08697611219e8c94b9239501b105a91ff31","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-491.101-3","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-491.103-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}