{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1367.103","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 1367.103","heading":"COVERAGE REQUIRED.","body":"(a) A health benefit plan that provides coverage for a family member of an insured or enrollee shall provide to each covered child coverage for:\n(1) a screening test for hearing loss from birth through the date the child is 30 days of age, as provided by Chapter 47, Health and Safety Code; and\n(2) necessary diagnostic follow-up care related to the screening test from birth through the date the child is 24 months of age.\n(b) For purposes of Subsection (a), a covered child is a child who, as a result of the child's relationship to an insured or enrollee in a health benefit plan, would be entitled to coverage under an accident and health insurance policy under Section 1201.061, 1201.062, 1201.063, or 1201.064.\n(c) This section does not require a health benefit plan to provide the coverage described by this section to a child of an individual residing in this state if the individual is:\n(1) employed outside this state; and\n(2) covered under a health benefit plan maintained for the individual by the individual's employer as an employment benefit.\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 1367. COVERAGE OF CHILDREN","SUBCHAPTER C. HEARING TEST"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1367.htm#1367.103","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"70efe879e183ce76e0a3356f81b906c1d101f18386c7c2f75fd4efe26596f548","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1367.102","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1367.104"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}