Texas Education Code - Section 51.952. Student Health Insurance
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§ 51.952. STUDENT HEALTH INSURANCE. (a) The governing
board of a medical and dental unit may require a student enrolled at
a medical and dental unit to have in effect during the calendar year
of enrollment a health insurance policy for health care services
received by the student.
(b) The governing board of a medical and dental unit shall
determine the minimum coverage standards for health insurance
required under this section.
(c) If the student agrees in writing, the medical and dental
unit shall provide a reasonable estimate of the cost of the health
insurance coverage within the student's cost of education for
financial aid purposes.
(d) If a governing board of a medical and dental unit
requires health insurance coverage for students under Subsection
(a), a student may be provisionally enrolled at the medical and
dental unit for one academic session without the coverage in order
to allow the student time to obtain the coverage.
(e) The governing board of a medical and dental unit may
adopt such other rules and regulations as it determines necessary
to carry out the purposes of this section.
(f) In this section, "governing board" and "medical and
dental unit" have the meanings assigned by Section 61.003.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 711, § 1, eff. June 13, 2001.
Renumbered from V.T.C.A., Education Code, § 51.961 by Acts 2003,
78th Leg., ch. 1275, § 2(30), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Section: 51.945 51.946 51.9461 51.947 51.948 51.950 51.951 51.952 51.960 51.961 51.962 51.963 51.964 51.965 51.966
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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