Texas Insurance Code § 1216.004 Out-of-country Care Prohibited

Sec. 1216.004. OUT-OF-COUNTRY CARE PROHIBITED. A health benefit plan issuer may not issue or offer for sale in this state a health benefit plan that requires an enrollee to travel to a foreign country to receive a particular health care service under the health benefit plan.

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1322 (S.B. 1391), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.

Renumbered from Insurance Code, Section 1215.004 by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 27.001(62), eff. September 1, 2009.

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Last modified: September 28, 2016