{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1504.054","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 1504.054","heading":"CONTINUATION OR CONVERSION OF COVERAGE.","body":"(a) If a child's eligibility for dependent health or dental coverage ends because the parent ceases to be eligible for the coverage and the coverage provides for the continuation or conversion of the coverage for the child, the benefit plan issuer shall notify the custodial parent and the child support agency of the costs and other requirements for continuing or converting the coverage.\n(b) The benefit plan issuer shall, on application of a parent of the child, a child support agency, or the child, enroll or continue enrollment of a child whose eligibility for coverage ended under Subsection (a).\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. 67, 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#1504.054","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"c21e041d73d74a353550684d24f05bbd906e9d002d2932a29db911e915debed4","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1504.053","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1504.055"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}