Sec. 1271.006. BENEFITS TO DEPENDENT CHILD AND GRANDCHILD. (a) If children are eligible for coverage under the terms of an evidence of coverage, any limiting age applicable to an unmarried child of an enrollee, including an unmarried grandchild of an enrollee, is 25 years of age. The limiting age applicable to a child must be stated in the evidence of coverage.
(b) A health maintenance organization may provide benefits under a health care plan to an enrollee's dependent grandchild who is living with and in the household of the enrollee.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. April 1, 2005.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 8 - Health Insurance and Other Health Coverages
Chapter 1271 - Benefits Provided by Health Maintenance Organizations; Evidence of Coverage; Charges
Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 1271.001. Applicability of Definitions
Section 1271.002. Right to Evidence of Coverage; Issuance
Section 1271.003. Evidence of Coverage Not Health Insurance Policy
Section 1271.004. Individual Health Care Plan
Section 1271.005. Applicability of Other Law
Section 1271.006. Benefits to Dependent Child and Grandchild