{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-546.052","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 546.052","heading":"IMPROPER USE OF TEST RESULTS; REFUSAL TO SUBMIT TO TESTING.","body":"A health benefit plan issuer may not use genetic information or the refusal of an applicant to submit to a genetic test to reject, deny, limit, cancel, refuse to renew, increase the premiums for, or otherwise adversely affect eligibility for or coverage under the plan.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2005.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 670 (S.B. 53), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2005.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 5. PROTECTION OF CONSUMER INTERESTS","SUBTITLE C. DECEPTIVE, UNFAIR, AND PROHIBITED PRACTICES","CHAPTER 546. USE OF GENETIC TESTING INFORMATION","SUBCHAPTER B. GENETIC TESTING AND USE OF TEST RESULTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.546.htm#546.052","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"daff3ad135bbfe95487dacb7eb8c5a8bf429009d3da945be2a4ebc102bad0b49","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-546.051","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-546.053"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}