Tex. Insurance Code § 1251.251
This is the official text of Tex. Insurance Code § 1251.251, part of Texas’s Insurance Code — regulates insurance companies and the policies they sell.
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§ 1251.251. CONTINUATION OF GROUP COVERAGE REQUIRED; EXCEPTION.
Official statutory text
(a) An insurer or group hospital service corporation that issues policies that provide hospital, surgical, or major medical expense insurance coverage or any combination of those coverages on an expense incurred basis shall, as required by this subchapter, provide continuation of group coverage for employees or members and their eligible dependents, subject to the eligibility provisions prescribed by Section 1251.252.
(b) This subchapter does not apply to an insurance policy that provides benefits only for expenses incurred because of a specified disease or an accident.
(b) This subchapter does not apply to an insurance policy that provides benefits only for expenses incurred because of a specified disease or an accident.
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