Tex. Insurance Code § 1201.059
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§ 1201.059. TERMINATION OF COVERAGE BASED ON AGE OF CHILD IN INDIVIDUAL, BLANKET, OR GROUP POLICY.
Official statutory text
(a) An accident and health insurance policy, including an individual, blanket, or group policy, and including a policy issued by a corporation operating under Chapter 842, that provides that coverage of a child terminates when the child attains a limiting age specified in the policy must provide in substance that the child's attainment of that age does not terminate coverage while the child is:
(1) incapable of self-sustaining employment because of an intellectual or physical disability; and
(2) chiefly dependent on the insured or group member for support and maintenance.
(b) To obtain coverage for a child as described by Subsection (a), the insured or group member must provide to the insurer proof of the child's incapacity and dependency:
(1) not later than the 31st day after the date the child attains the limiting age; and
(2) subsequently as the insurer requires, except that the insurer may not require proof more frequently than annually after the second anniversary of the date the child attains the limiting age.
(1) incapable of self-sustaining employment because of an intellectual or physical disability; and
(2) chiefly dependent on the insured or group member for support and maintenance.
(b) To obtain coverage for a child as described by Subsection (a), the insured or group member must provide to the insurer proof of the child's incapacity and dependency:
(1) not later than the 31st day after the date the child attains the limiting age; and
(2) subsequently as the insurer requires, except that the insurer may not require proof more frequently than annually after the second anniversary of the date the child attains the limiting age.
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