{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1653.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 1653.002","heading":"APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW.","body":"(a) Subject to Subsection (b), a high deductible health plan is subject to any law mandating a minimum health insurance benefit or reimbursement.\n(b) Notwithstanding any other law, a provision of this code may not be construed to prevent an insurer, health maintenance organization, or other entity issuing a health insurance policy or certificate of coverage from applying deductible or copayment requirements to benefits, including state-mandated health benefits, in order to qualify the health insurance policy or certificate of coverage as a high deductible health plan.\nAdded by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 151 (H.B. 1602), Sec. 1, eff. May 24, 2005.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 8. HEALTH INSURANCE AND OTHER HEALTH COVERAGES","SUBTITLE I. SPECIALIZED COVERAGES","CHAPTER 1653. HIGH DEDUCTIBLE HEALTH PLAN"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1653.htm#1653.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"a1d7890a0db3caf618832cf6de1c800bc55625f4179352c954fff7d5a266b7fb","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1653.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1653.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}