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2021 Texas Statutes
Insurance Code
Title 8 - Health Insurance and Other Health Coverages
Subtitle I - Specialized Coverages
Chapter 1653 - High Deductible Health Plan
Section 1653.002. Applicability of Other Law
Universal Citation: TX Ins Code § 1653.002 (2021)
Sec. 1653.002. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW. (a) Subject to Subsection (b), a high deductible health plan is subject to any law mandating a minimum health insurance benefit or reimbursement.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, a provision of this code may not be construed to prevent an insurer, health maintenance organization, or other entity issuing a health insurance policy or certificate of coverage from applying deductible or copayment requirements to benefits, including state-mandated health benefits, in order to qualify the health insurance policy or certificate of coverage as a high deductible health plan.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 151 (H.B. 1602), Sec. 1, eff. May 24, 2005.
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