{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-544.153","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 544.153","heading":"PROHIBITIONS.","body":"(a) A health benefit plan issuer or life insurer may not, because of an individual's status as a victim of family violence:\n(1) deny coverage to the individual;\n(2) refuse to renew the individual's coverage;\n(3) cancel the individual's coverage;\n(4) limit the amount, extent, or kind of coverage available to the individual; or\n(5) charge the individual or a group to which the individual belongs a rate that is different from the rate charged to other individuals or groups, respectively, for the same coverage.\n(b) A health benefit plan issuer or life insurer may not, as a part of an application for coverage, require an applicant to reveal whether the applicant has been or may become a victim of family violence.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2005.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 5. PROTECTION OF CONSUMER INTERESTS","SUBTITLE C. DECEPTIVE, UNFAIR, AND PROHIBITED PRACTICES","CHAPTER 544. PROHIBITED DISCRIMINATION","SUBCHAPTER D. FAMILY VIOLENCE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.544.htm#544.153","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"9bb9b7f6cc1314b92d4784e1683f8fde0e9debd2f6740a6677a1b72b9a4ca393","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-544.152","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-544.154"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}