{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1251.451","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 1251.451","heading":"APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN LAWS TO OUT-OF-STATE GROUP ACCIDENT AND HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE.","body":"(a) Chapters 1365 and 1368 and Subchapters A and C, Chapter 1451, apply to:\n(1) a certificate of insurance issued to a resident of this state under a group accident and health insurance policy delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed outside this state; or\n(2) a certificate issued to a resident of this state under a policy delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed outside this state by a group hospital service corporation.\n(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a specified disease or limited benefit policy.\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 J. REGULATION OF OUT-OF-STATE GROUP ACCIDENT AND HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1251.htm#1251.451","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"4b2bc39f13bed5cf616861bd277653feb773ba442392c8d77bef4fc82e27d8dc","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1251.402","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1252.001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}