Tex. Insurance Code § 1202.051
This is the official text of Tex. Insurance Code § 1202.051, part of Texas’s Insurance Code — regulates insurance companies and the policies they sell.
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§ 1202.051. RENEWABILITY AND CONTINUATION OF INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INSURANCE POLICIES.
Official statutory text
(a) This section applies only to an individual health insurance policy that provides benefits for medical care under a hospital, medical, or surgical policy.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), an insurer shall renew or continue an individual health insurance policy at the option of the individual.
(c) An insurer may decline to renew or continue an individual health insurance policy:
(1) for failure to pay a premium or contribution in accordance with the terms of the policy;
(2) for fraud or intentional misrepresentation;
(3) because the insurer is ceasing to offer coverage in the individual market in accordance with rules adopted by the commissioner;
(4) because an individual no longer resides, lives, or works in an area in which the insurer is authorized to provide coverage, but only if all policies are not renewed or not continued under this subdivision uniformly without regard to any health-status related factor of covered individuals; or
(5) in accordance with federal law, including regulations.
(d) The commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to:
(1) implement this section; and
(2) meet the minimum requirements of federal law, including regulations.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), an insurer shall renew or continue an individual health insurance policy at the option of the individual.
(c) An insurer may decline to renew or continue an individual health insurance policy:
(1) for failure to pay a premium or contribution in accordance with the terms of the policy;
(2) for fraud or intentional misrepresentation;
(3) because the insurer is ceasing to offer coverage in the individual market in accordance with rules adopted by the commissioner;
(4) because an individual no longer resides, lives, or works in an area in which the insurer is authorized to provide coverage, but only if all policies are not renewed or not continued under this subdivision uniformly without regard to any health-status related factor of covered individuals; or
(5) in accordance with federal law, including regulations.
(d) The commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to:
(1) implement this section; and
(2) meet the minimum requirements of federal law, including regulations.
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