{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1251.251","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 1251.251","heading":"CONTINUATION OF GROUP COVERAGE REQUIRED; EXCEPTION.","body":"(a) An insurer or group hospital service corporation that issues policies that provide hospital, surgical, or major medical expense insurance coverage or any combination of those coverages on an expense incurred basis shall, as required by this subchapter, provide continuation of group coverage for employees or members and their eligible dependents, subject to the eligibility provisions prescribed by Section 1251.252.\n(b) This subchapter does not apply to an insurance policy that provides benefits only for expenses incurred because of a specified disease or an accident.\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 F. CONTINUATION OR CONVERSION PRIVILEGE ON TERMINATION OF COVERAGE UNDER GROUP POLICY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1251.htm#1251.251","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"eef7c4f7ced8ea48d08142db7c4d73c24dfd32a89ed9a1defad29b569598a3e5","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1251.202","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1251.252"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}