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Tex. Insurance Code § 1379.001, under Coverage For Routine Patient Care Costs For Enrollees Participating In Certain Clinical Trials.

Tex. Insurance Code § 1379.001

Sec. 1379.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Enrollee" means an individual entitled to coverage under a health benefit plan. (2) "Life-threatening disease or condition" means a disease or condition from which the likelihood of death is probable unless the course of the disease or condition is interrupted. (3) "Research institution" means the institution or other person or entity conducting a phase I, phase II, phase III, or phase IV clinical trial. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 719 (S.B. 39), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.