{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1501.254","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 1501.254","heading":"ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE BENEFITS.","body":"(a) This section applies only if the basic coverage health benefit plan developed by the commissioner under Section 1501.253 includes coverage for alcohol and substance abuse benefits.\n(b) A small employer health benefit plan issuer may offer and the employees of a small employer group may accept a basic coverage health benefit plan without coverage for alcohol and substance abuse benefits if:\n(1) at least 50 percent of the employees in writing:\n(A) waive the benefits; and\n(B) indicate that they have undergone alcoholism or substance abuse treatment or counseling within the preceding three years; and\n(2) the exclusion of those benefits applies only to those employees.\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 G. HEALTH COVERAGE AVAILABILITY","CHAPTER 1501. HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND AVAILABILITY ACT","SUBCHAPTER F. COVERAGE UNDER SMALL EMPLOYER HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1501.htm#1501.254","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"1b970ce9b94f8645f28ce952d86e77bc57f72bead8cdf66cf27c7383d7253bc2","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1501.252","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1501.255"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}