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Texas Family Code - Section 154.184. Effect Of Order

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§ 154.184. EFFECT OF ORDER.  (a) Receipt of a medical 
support order requiring that health insurance be provided for a 
child shall be considered a change in the family circumstances of 
the employee or member, for health insurance purposes, equivalent 
to the birth or adoption of a child.
	(b)  If the employee or member is eligible for dependent 
health coverage, the employer shall automatically enroll the child 
for the first 31 days after the receipt of the order or notice of the 
medical support order under Section 154.186 on the same terms and 
conditions as apply to any other dependent child.
	(c)  The employer shall notify the insurer of the automatic 
enrollment.      
	(d)  During the 31-day period, the employer and insurer shall 
complete all necessary forms and procedures to make the enrollment 
permanent or shall report in accordance with this subchapter the 
reasons the coverage cannot be made permanent.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995.  
Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 341, § 4.03, eff. Sept. 1, 
1995;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 911, § 11, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

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