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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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INSURANCE CODE |
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Title 8. HEALTH INSURANCE AND OTHER HEALTH COVERAGES |
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Subtitle E. BENEFITS PAYABLE UNDER HEALTH COVERAGES |
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Chapter 1355. BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN MENTAL DISORDERS |
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Subchapter E. BENEFITS FOR TREATMENT BY TAX-SUPPORTED INSTITUTION |
Sec. 1355.202. PROHIBITION OF EXCLUSION OF MENTAL HEALTH OR MENTAL RETARDATION BENEFITS FOR TREATMENT BY TAX-SUPPORTED INSTITUTION
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(a) An individual or group accident and health insurance policy delivered or issued for delivery to a person in this state that provides coverage for mental illness or mental retardation may not exclude benefits under that coverage for support, maintenance, and treatment provided by a tax-supported institution of this state, or by a community center for mental health or mental retardation services, that regularly and customarily charges patients who are not indigent for those services.
(b) In determining whether a patient is not indigent, as provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 552, Health and Safety Code, a tax-supported institution of this state or a community center for mental health or mental retardation services shall consider any insurance policy or policies that provide coverage to the patient for mental illness or mental retardation.