{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1355.053","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 1355.053","heading":"REQUIRED COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN ILLNESSES AND DISORDERS.","body":"A group health benefit plan that provides coverage for treatment of mental or emotional illness or disorder for a covered individual when the individual is confined in a hospital must also provide coverage for treatment in a residential treatment center for children and adolescents or a crisis stabilization unit that is at least as favorable as the coverage the plan provides for treatment of mental or emotional illness or disorder in a hospital.\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 E. BENEFITS PAYABLE UNDER HEALTH COVERAGES","CHAPTER 1355. BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN MENTAL DISORDERS","SUBCHAPTER B. ALTERNATIVE MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT BENEFITS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1355.htm#1355.053","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"e0587cd8f7f8135c3e2ce7f50afd0ff9114fb44d247f26c104067aab7382174e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1355.052","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1355.054"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}