{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-842.255","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 842.255","heading":"ADVANCE PAYMENTS TO HOSPITAL PROHIBITED.","body":"A group hospital service corporation may not pay to a hospital any money collected by the corporation from a member or subscriber before the hospital provides necessary care to that member or subscriber.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 6. ORGANIZATION OF INSURERS AND RELATED ENTITIES","SUBTITLE C. LIFE, HEALTH, AND ACCIDENT INSURERS AND RELATED ENTITIES","CHAPTER 842. GROUP HOSPITAL SERVICE CORPORATIONS","SUBCHAPTER F. PLAN OF OPERATION; PROVISION OF BENEFITS TO MEMBERS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.842.htm#842.255","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"cbf6787d766ec91b393e4cf49eaaa4dfd0ffe2c7ffcf2609eb3a01afa9da8436","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-842.254","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-842.256"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}