Sec. 1367.153. RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY FOR CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; DEFINITION REQUIRED. A health benefit plan that provides coverage for a child who is younger than 18 years of age must define "reconstructive surgery for craniofacial abnormalities" under the plan to mean surgery to improve the function of, or to attempt to create a normal appearance of, an abnormal structure caused by congenital defects, developmental deformities, trauma, tumors, infections, or disease.
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
Subtitle E - Benefits Payable Under Health Coverages
Chapter 1367 - Coverage of Children
Subchapter D. Child Craniofacial Abnormalities
Section 1367.151. Applicability of Subchapter
Section 1367.153. Reconstructive Surgery for Craniofacial Abnormalities; Definition Required