Coverage For Preexisting Condition

Sec. 1652.058. COVERAGE FOR PREEXISTING CONDITION. (a) A Medicare supplement benefit plan may not contain a provision that excludes coverage for a claim for losses incurred more than six months after the effective date of coverage for a preexisting condition. (b) A Medicare supplement benefit plan may not define a preexisting condition more restrictively than a condition for which medical advice was given or treatment was recommended by or received from a physician within six months before the effective date of coverage. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 4, eff. April 1, 2005. Text of section as added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 891 (H.B. 2516), Sec. 2 For text of section as added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1003 (S.B. 1330), Sec. 2, see other Sec. 1652.059.