{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1365.053","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 1365.053","heading":"CHOICE OF HEARING AID.","body":"(a) A health benefit plan that provides coverage for hearing aids may not deny an enrollee's claim for a hearing aid solely on the basis that the price of the hearing aid is more than the benefit available under the health benefit plan.\n(b) Notwithstanding Section 1367.253(d), this section applies to a health benefit plan subject to Subchapter F, Chapter 1367.\n(c) Nothing in this section requires a health benefit plan to pay an enrollee's claim for a hearing aid in an amount that is more than the benefit available under the health benefit plan.\nAdded by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 8 (H.B. 109), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2023.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 8. HEALTH INSURANCE AND OTHER HEALTH COVERAGES","SUBTITLE E. BENEFITS PAYABLE UNDER HEALTH COVERAGES","CHAPTER 1365. LOSS OR IMPAIRMENT OF SPEECH OR HEARING","SUBCHAPTER B. HEARING AID COVERAGE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1365.htm#1365.053","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"bf74caf93999b6dc439e0f4feabac4f4ac398bb1ab9fb206fd7e809e047b4be9","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1365.052","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1366.001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}