{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1251.154","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 1251.154","heading":"COVERAGE FOR ADOPTED CHILDREN.","body":"A group policy or contract of insurance for hospital, surgical, or medical expenses incurred as a result of accident or sickness, including a group contract issued by a group hospital service corporation, that provides coverage for the immediate family or a child of an insured may not exclude from coverage or limit coverage of a child of the insured solely because the child is adopted. A child is considered to be the child of an insured if the insured is a party to a suit in which the insured seeks to adopt the child.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. April 1, 2005.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 8. HEALTH INSURANCE AND OTHER HEALTH COVERAGES","SUBTITLE B. GROUP HEALTH COVERAGE","CHAPTER 1251. GROUP AND BLANKET HEALTH INSURANCE","SUBCHAPTER D. GROUP ACCIDENT AND HEALTH INSURANCE: COVERAGE FOR DEPENDENTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1251.htm#1251.154","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"d91734a70d1e30b00795fdc8880b3298bea91ca7d1176b46da8407c0fc4068e4","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1251.153","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1251.201"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}