{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1355.055","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 1355.055","heading":"DETERMINATIONS FOR TREATMENT IN A RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS.","body":"(a) Treatment in a residential treatment center for children and adolescents must be determined as if necessary care and treatment were inpatient care and treatment in a hospital.\n(b) For the purposes of determining policy benefits and benefit maximums, each two days of treatment in a residential treatment center for children and adolescents is the equivalent of one day of treatment of mental or emotional illness or disorder in a hospital or inpatient program.\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#1355.055","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"c70a41e8ae1fcb8996ca8cd19bfd93cb30bec67cc2e3cf59a8dab2689fb346a5","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1355.054","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1355.056"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}