{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1369.106","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 1369.106","heading":"CERTAIN WAITING PERIODS PROHIBITED.","body":"(a) A health benefit plan may not impose a waiting period applicable to benefits for prescription contraceptive drugs or devices unless the waiting period is the same as or shorter than any waiting period applicable to benefits for other prescription drugs or devices under the plan.\n(b) A health benefit plan may not impose a waiting period applicable to benefits for outpatient contraceptive services unless the waiting period is the same as or shorter than any waiting period applicable to benefits for other outpatient services under the plan.\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 1369. BENEFITS RELATED TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AND DEVICES AND RELATED SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER C. COVERAGE OF PRESCRIPTION CONTRACEPTIVE DRUGS AND DEVICES AND RELATED SERVICES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1369.htm#1369.106","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"6347f9cc4fe246a813bb690a36ab2686278ae93971f90d46c98f2790b4022a82","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1369.105","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1369.107"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}