Texas Insurance Code - Not Codified - Article 3.50-7A. Limitations Applicable To Texas School Employees Uniform Group Coverage Program

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Art. 3.50-7A. LIMITATIONS APPLICABLE TO TEXAS SCHOOL 
EMPLOYEES UNIFORM GROUP COVERAGE PROGRAM.  

Text of article as added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 201, Sec. 56
	(a)  This article applies only to the uniform group coverage 
program established under Article 3.50-7 of this code.  A term used 
in this article has the meaning assigned by Section 2, Article 
3.50-7, of this code.
	(b)  The Teacher Retirement System of Texas, as trustee, may 
not contract for or provide a health coverage plan that excludes 
from participation in the network a general hospital that:
	(1)  is located in within the geographical service area or 
areas of the health coverage plan that includes a county that:
	(A)  has a population of at least 100,000 and not more than 
175,000;  and    
	(B)  is located in the Texas-Louisiana border region, as that 
term is defined in Section 2056.002(e), Government Code;  and
	(2)  agrees to provide medical and health care services under 
the plan subject to the same terms and conditions as other hospital 
providers under the plan.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 201, Sec. 56, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.          

For text of article as added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 213, Sec. 
4, see Article 3.50-7A, post

Last modified: August 10, 2007