Sec. 1355.055. DETERMINATIONS FOR TREATMENT IN A RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS. (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.