{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1357.054","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 1357.054","heading":"COVERAGE REQUIRED.","body":"(a) A health benefit plan that provides coverage for the treatment of breast cancer must provide to each enrollee coverage for inpatient care for a minimum of:\n(1) 48 hours following a mastectomy; and\n(2) 24 hours following a lymph node dissection for the treatment of breast cancer.\n(b) A health benefit plan is not required to provide the minimum hours of coverage of inpatient care required under Subsection (a) if the enrollee and the enrollee's attending physician determine that a shorter period of inpatient care is appropriate.\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 1357. MASTECTOMY","SUBCHAPTER B. HOSPITAL STAY FOLLOWING MASTECTOMY AND CERTAIN RELATED PROCEDURES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1357.htm#1357.054","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"36184a526101f1465ccde7e450655bcc0ac846181d9dafc3eef081fbd7924e8e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1357.053","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1357.055"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}