Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
INSURANCE CODE |
Title 8. HEALTH INSURANCE AND OTHER HEALTH COVERAGES |
Subtitle A. HEALTH COVERAGE IN GENERAL |
Chapter 1216. OUT-OF-COUNTRY COVERAGE PROHIBITED |
Sec. 1216.001. DEFINITIONS
Latest version.
-
In this chapter:
(1) "Enrollee" means an individual entitled to coverage under a health benefit plan.
(2) "Foreign country" means a governmental unit other than:
(A) the United States;
(B) a state, district, commonwealth, territory, or insular possession of the United States;
(C) the Panama Canal Zone; or
(D) the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
(3) "Health care service" means a service to diagnose, prevent, alleviate, cure, or heal a health condition, sickness, or injury that is provided to an enrollee by a physician or other health care provider.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1322 , Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007. Renumbered from Insurance Code, Section 1215.001 by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 , Sec. 27.001(62), eff. September 1, 2009.