Texas Insurance Code Title 8, Chapter 1455 - Telemedicine And Telehealth

• Texas Section 1455.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Health professional" means: (A) a physician; (B) an individual who is: (i) licensed or certified in this state to perform health...
• Texas Section 1455.002 - Applicability Of Chapter
  This chapter applies only to a health benefit plan that: (1) provides benefits for medical or surgical expenses incurred as a result of a health...
• Texas Section 1455.003 - Exception
  This chapter does not apply to: (1) a plan that provides coverage: (A) only for a specified disease; (B) only for accidental death or dismemberment;...
• Texas Section 1455.004 - Coverage For Telemedicine Medical Services And Telehealth Services
  (a) A health benefit plan may not exclude a telemedicine medical service or a telehealth service from coverage under the plan solely because the service...
• Texas Section 1455.005 - Rules
  Subject to Section 111.004, Occupations Code, the commissioner may adopt rules necessary to implement this chapter. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec....

Last modified: September 28, 2016