{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1216.004","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 1216.004","heading":"OUT-OF-COUNTRY CARE PROHIBITED.","body":"A health benefit plan issuer may not issue or offer for sale in this state a health benefit plan that requires an enrollee to travel to a foreign country to receive a particular health care service under the health benefit plan.\nAdded by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1322 (S.B. 1391), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.\nRenumbered from Insurance Code, Section 1215.004 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#1216.004","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"4d7ce6796bb6610e1d2e5309d2f055d3c7178fa4ee603e94c66b5b86a11f06e4","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1216.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1217.001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}