{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1504.051","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 1504.051","heading":"ENROLLMENT OF CERTAIN CHILDREN REQUIRED.","body":"(a) A benefit plan issuer shall permit a parent to enroll a child in dependent health or dental coverage offered through the issuer regardless of any enrollment period restriction if the parent is:\n(1) eligible for dependent health or dental coverage; and\n(2) required by a court order or administrative order to provide health or dental insurance coverage for the child.\n(b) A benefit plan issuer shall enroll a child of a parent described by Subsection (a) in dependent health or dental coverage offered through the issuer if:\n(1) the parent does not apply to obtain health or dental coverage for the child through the issuer; and\n(2) the child, a custodial parent of the child, or a child support agency having a duty to collect or enforce support for the child applies for the coverage.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. April 1, 2005.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1150 (S.B. 550), Sec. 64, eff. September 1, 2018.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 8. HEALTH INSURANCE AND OTHER HEALTH COVERAGES","SUBTITLE G. HEALTH COVERAGE AVAILABILITY","CHAPTER 1504. MEDICAL AND DENTAL CHILD SUPPORT","SUBCHAPTER B. DUTIES OF BENEFIT PLAN ISSUER"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1504.htm#1504.051","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"88da1caa49a119619f70c333913db518eb995bbe2c90a0f4f34d210175255402","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1504.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1504.052"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}