Title IN, Insurance Code

Sec. 1355.005. MANAGED CARE PLAN AUTHORIZED. A group health benefit plan issuer may provide or offer coverage required by Section 1355.004 through a managed care plan. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. April 1, 2005.

Sec. 1355.006. COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN CONDITIONS RELATED TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE OR MARIHUANA NOT REQUIRED. (a) In this section, "controlled substance" and "marihuana" have the meanings assigned by Section 481.002, Health and Safety Code. (b) This subchapter does not require a grou…

Sec. 1355.007. SMALL EMPLOYER COVERAGE. An issuer of a group health benefit plan to a small employer must offer the coverage described by Section 1355.004 to the employer but is not required to provide the coverage if the employer rejects the coverage. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Le…

Sec. 1355.015. REQUIRED COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN ENROLLEES. (a) At a minimum, a health benefit plan must provide coverage for screening a child for autism spectrum disorder at the ages of 18 and 24 months. (a-1) At a minimum, a health benefit plan must provide coverage for treatment …

Sec. 1355.051. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Crisis stabilization unit" means a 24-hour residential program that provides, usually for a short term, intensive supervision and highly structured activities to individuals who demonstrate a moderate to severe acute psychiatri…

Sec. 1355.052. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter applies to a group health benefit plan that is delivered or issued for delivery in this state and that is: (1) an accident and health insurance group policy; (2) a group policy issued by a group hospital service corporat…

Sec. 1355.053. REQUIRED COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN ILLNESSES AND DISORDERS. A group health benefit plan that provides coverage for treatment of mental or emotional illness or disorder for a covered individual when the individual is confined in a hospital must also provide coverage for …

Sec. 1355.054. CONDITIONS FOR COVERAGE. (a) Benefits of coverage provided under this subchapter may be used only in a situation in which: (1) the covered individual has a serious mental illness that requires confinement of the individual in a hospital unless treatment is availabl…

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 ho…

Sec. 1355.056. DETERMINATIONS FOR TREATMENT BY A CRISIS STABILIZATION UNIT. (a) Treatment by a crisis stabilization unit must be determined as if necessary care and treatment were inpatient care and treatment in a hospital. (b) For the purposes of determining plan benefits and be…

Sec. 1355.057. REVIEW AND ADJUSTMENT OF MINIMUM RATIOS OF REIMBURSEMENT. (a) The commissioner shall monitor and review the minimum ratios of reimbursement for alternative treatments required by Sections 1355.055 and 1355.056. (b) If the commissioner finds that the limits provided…

Sec. 1355.058. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION ASSISTANCE. (a) The Health and Human Services Commission shall assist the department in carrying out the department's responsibilities under this subchapter. (b) The department and the Health and Human Services Commission by rul…

Sec. 1355.101. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "psychiatric day treatment facility" means a mental health facility that: (1) provides treatment for individuals suffering from acute mental and nervous disorders in a structured psychiatric program using individualized treatment pla…

Sec. 1355.102. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter applies to a group policy of accident and health insurance delivered or issued for delivery in this state, including a group policy issued by a group hospital service corporation operating under Chapter 842. Added by Act…

Sec. 1355.103. APPLICABILITY OF GENERAL PROVISIONS OF OTHER LAW. The provisions of Chapter 1201, including provisions relating to the applicability, purpose, and enforcement of that chapter, construction of policies under that chapter, rulemaking under that chapter, and definitio…

Sec. 1355.104. REQUIRED COVERAGE FOR TREATMENT IN PSYCHIATRIC DAY TREATMENT FACILITY. (a) A group insurance policy that provides coverage for treatment of mental or emotional illness or disorder when an individual is confined in a hospital must also provide coverage for treatment…

Sec. 1355.105. DETERMINATIONS FOR TREATMENT IN PSYCHIATRIC DAY TREATMENT FACILITY. (a) Benefits provided under this subchapter shall be determined as if necessary care and treatment in a psychiatric day treatment facility were inpatient care and treatment in a hospital. (b) For t…

Sec. 1355.106. OFFER OF COVERAGE REQUIRED; ALTERNATIVE BENEFITS. (a) An insurer shall offer, and a policyholder is entitled to reject, coverage under a group insurance policy for treatment of mental or emotional illness or disorder when confined in a hospital or in a psychiatric …

Sec. 1355.151. PROHIBITION ON EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN COVERAGES. (a) In this section, "serious mental illness" has the meaning assigned by Section 1355.001. (b) A political subdivision that provides group health insurance coverage, health maintenance organization cover…

Sec. 1355.201. APPLICABILITY OF GENERAL PROVISIONS OF OTHER LAW. The provisions of Chapter 1201, including provisions relating to the applicability, purpose, and enforcement of that chapter, construction of policies under that chapter, rulemaking under that chapter, and definitio…

Sec. 1355.202. PROHIBITION OF EXCLUSION OF MENTAL HEALTH OR INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY 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 covera…

Sec. 1355.251. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Mental health benefit" means a benefit relating to an item or service for a mental health condition, as defined under the terms of a health benefit plan and in accordance with applicable federal and state law. (2) "Nonquantitat…

Sec. 1355.252. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. (a) This subchapter applies only to a health benefit plan that provides benefits or coverage for medical or surgical expenses incurred as a result of a health condition, accident, or sickness and for treatment expenses incurred as a res…

Sec. 1355.253. EXCEPTIONS. (a) This subchapter does not apply to: (1) a plan that provides coverage: (A) for wages or payments in lieu of wages for a period during which an employee is absent from work because of sickness or injury; (B) as a supplement to a liability insurance po…

Sec. 1355.254. COVERAGE FOR MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS. (a) A health benefit plan must provide benefits and coverage for mental health conditions and substance use disorders under the same terms and conditions applicable to the plan's medical and surgica…

Sec. 1355.255. COMPLIANCE. The commissioner shall enforce compliance with Section 1355.254 by evaluating the benefits and coverage offered by a health benefit plan for quantitative and nonquantitative treatment limitations in the following categories: (1) in-network and out-of-ne…

Sec. 1355.256. DEFINITIONS UNDER PLAN. (a) A health benefit plan must define a condition to be a mental health condition or not a mental health condition in a manner consistent with generally recognized independent standards of medical practice. (b) A health benefit plan must def…

Sec. 1355.257. COORDINATION WITH OTHER LAW; INTENT OF LEGISLATURE. This subchapter supplements Subchapters A and B of this chapter and Chapter 1368 and the department rules adopted under those statutes. It is the intent of the legislature that Subchapter A or B of this chapter or…

Sec. 1355.2571. PARITY COMPLAINT PORTAL. (a) The commissioner shall develop and maintain a parity complaint portal that is an integrated system that allows for the enrollee of a health benefit plan to submit complaints of suspected violations of the provisions of this subchapter.…

Sec. 1355.2572. EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AND PARITY LAW TRAINING; REPORT. (a) The commissioner, in collaboration with the Health and Human Services Commission's ombudsman for behavioral health, shall develop educational materials and parity law training sessions regarding the covera…

Sec. 1355.258. RULES. The commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to implement this subchapter. Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 10), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2017.