Tex. Insurance Code § 1355.202
This is the official text of Tex. Insurance Code § 1355.202, part of Texas’s Insurance Code — regulates insurance companies and the policies they sell.
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§ 1355.202. PROHIBITION OF EXCLUSION OF MENTAL HEALTH OR INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY BENEFITS FOR TREATMENT BY TAX-SUPPORTED INSTITUTION.
Official statutory text
(a) An individual or group accident and health insurance policy delivered or issued for delivery to a person in this state that provides coverage for mental illness or intellectual disability may not exclude benefits under that coverage for support, maintenance, and treatment provided by a tax-supported institution of this state, or by a community center for mental health services or intellectual disability services, that regularly and customarily charges patients who are not indigent for those services.
(b) In determining whether a patient is not indigent, as provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 552, Health and Safety Code, a tax-supported institution of this state or a community center for mental health services or intellectual disability services shall consider any insurance policy or policies that provide coverage to the patient for mental illness or intellectual disability.
(b) In determining whether a patient is not indigent, as provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 552, Health and Safety Code, a tax-supported institution of this state or a community center for mental health services or intellectual disability services shall consider any insurance policy or policies that provide coverage to the patient for mental illness or intellectual disability.
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