{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-38.251","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 38.251","heading":"APPLICABILITY.","body":"This subchapter applies to any issuer of a health benefit plan that is subject to this code that provides benefits for medical or surgical expenses incurred as a result of a health condition, accident, or sickness, including an individual, group, blanket, or franchise insurance policy or insurance agreement, a group hospital service contract, or an individual or group evidence of coverage or similar coverage document.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 852, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 2. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE","SUBTITLE A. ADMINISTRATION OF THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE","CHAPTER 38. DATA COLLECTION AND REPORTS","SUBCHAPTER F. DATA COLLECTING AND REPORTING RELATING TO MANDATED HEALTH BENEFITS AND MANDATED OFFERS OF COVERAGE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.38.htm#38.251","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"95bba37669e46c3b8e0ce440dc3714d6754397dfe9af9395f02d49ad9e0a7554","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-38.207","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-38.252"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}