{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1216.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 1216.001","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this chapter:\n(1) \"Enrollee\" means an individual entitled to coverage under a health benefit plan.\n(2) \"Foreign country\" means a governmental unit other than:\n(A) the United States;\n(B) a state, district, commonwealth, territory, or insular possession of the United States;\n(C) the Panama Canal Zone; or\n(D) the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.\n(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.\nAdded by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1322 (S.B. 1391), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.\nRenumbered 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.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 8. HEALTH INSURANCE AND OTHER HEALTH COVERAGES","SUBTITLE A. HEALTH COVERAGE IN GENERAL","CHAPTER 1216. OUT-OF-COUNTRY COVERAGE PROHIBITED"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1216.htm#1216.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"a160a506ce84c48189d9e16626b2c322b7c14156572851d25b2a6201b18a6eab","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1215.006","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1216.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}