Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
INSURANCE CODE |
Title 8. HEALTH INSURANCE AND OTHER HEALTH COVERAGES |
Subtitle E. BENEFITS PAYABLE UNDER HEALTH COVERAGES |
Chapter 1355. BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN MENTAL DISORDERS |
Subchapter B. ALTERNATIVE MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT BENEFITS |
Sec. 1355.055. DETERMINATIONS FOR TREATMENT IN A RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
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(a) Treatment in a residential treatment center for children and adolescents must be determined as if necessary care and treatment were inpatient care and treatment in a hospital.
(b) For the purposes of determining policy benefits and benefit maximums, each two days of treatment in a residential treatment center for children and adolescents is the equivalent of one day of treatment of mental or emotional illness or disorder in a hospital or inpatient program.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. April 1, 2005.