{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1271.154","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 1271.154","heading":"WELL-CHILD CARE FROM BIRTH.","body":"(a) In this section, \"well-child care from birth\" has the meaning used under Section 1302, Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. Section 300e-1), and its subsequent amendments. The term includes administration of newborn screening required by the Department of State Health Services and the cost of the newborn screening test kit described by Section 33.019, Health and Safety Code.\n(b) A health maintenance organization shall ensure that each health care plan provided by the health maintenance organization includes well-child care from birth that complies with:\n(1) federal requirements adopted under Chapter XI, Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. Section 300e et seq.), and its subsequent amendments; and\n(2) the rules adopted by the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission to implement those requirements, including rules on the cost of the newborn screening test kit described by Section 33.019, Health and Safety Code.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. April 1, 2005.\nAmended by:\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 599 (S.B. 747), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2019.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 8. HEALTH INSURANCE AND OTHER HEALTH COVERAGES","SUBTITLE C. MANAGED CARE","CHAPTER 1271. BENEFITS PROVIDED BY HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; EVIDENCE OF COVERAGE; CHARGES","SUBCHAPTER D. CERTAIN BENEFITS REQUIRED"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1271.htm#1271.154","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"74d589880faa5da3484332778e5ad07b35bb23ad58a63d7a9d77ab51f2354c9c","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1271.153","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1271.155"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}