{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1356.005","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 1356.005","heading":"COVERAGE REQUIRED.","body":"(a) A health benefit plan that provides coverage to a female who is 35 years of age or older must include coverage for an annual screening by all forms of low-dose mammography for the presence of occult breast cancer.\n(a-1) A health benefit plan that provides coverage for a screening mammogram must provide coverage for diagnostic imaging that is no less favorable than the coverage for a screening mammogram.\n(b) Coverage required by this section:\n(1) may not be less favorable than coverage for other radiological examinations under the plan; and\n(2) must be subject to the same dollar limits, deductibles, and coinsurance factors as coverage for other radiological examinations under the plan.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. April 1, 2005.\nAmended by:\nActs 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 816 (H.B. 1036), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2017.\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1356 (H.B. 170), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2019.\nActs 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 867 (S.B. 1065), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2021.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 8. HEALTH INSURANCE AND OTHER HEALTH COVERAGES","SUBTITLE E. BENEFITS PAYABLE UNDER HEALTH COVERAGES","CHAPTER 1356. MAMMOGRAPHY AND OTHER BREAST IMAGING"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1356.htm#1356.005","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"b12894826ef87b7fad790175115bd6f6f090180f4261ff48fe552fb96b47818f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1356.004","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1357.001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}