{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1652.057","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 1652.057","heading":"WAIVER OF WAITING PERIOD.","body":"(a) An entity that delivers or issues for delivery in this state a Medicare supplement benefit plan or certificate that replaces a Medicare supplement benefit plan or certificate shall give credit for the satisfaction or partial satisfaction of any waiting period, elimination period, or probationary period for a preexisting condition that has been satisfied under the plan being replaced.\n(b) A replacement plan that clearly provides a new or additional benefit may include appropriate and clearly stated periods as a condition for payment of the new or additional benefit.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 4, eff. April 1, 2005.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 8. HEALTH INSURANCE AND OTHER HEALTH COVERAGES","SUBTITLE I. SPECIALIZED COVERAGES","CHAPTER 1652. MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT BENEFIT PLANS","SUBCHAPTER B. BENEFITS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1652.htm#1652.057","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"c8ba9e200a52841a2eccb04b7ca4a7ec378a7123de97260f99f05e3997e08f28","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1652.056","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1652.058"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}