Sec. 1355.202. PROHIBITION OF EXCLUSION OF MENTAL HEALTH OR MENTAL RETARDATION BENEFITS FOR TREATMENT BY TAX-SUPPORTED INSTITUTION. (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.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. April 1, 2005.
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