Sec. 1368.004. COVERAGE REQUIRED. (a) A group health benefit plan shall provide coverage for the necessary care and treatment of chemical dependency.

(b) Coverage required under this section may be provided:

(1) directly by the group health benefit plan issuer; or

(2) by another entity, including a single service health maintenance organization, under contract with the group health benefit plan issuer.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. April 1, 2005.