Sec. 35.0033. HEALTH BENEFITS PLAN PROVIDER. (a) A health benefits plan provider who provides coverage for benefits under Section 35.0031 must:
(1) hold a certificate of authority or other appropriate license issued by the Texas Department of Insurance that authorizes the health benefits plan provider to provide the type of coverage to be offered under Section 35.0031; and
(2) satisfy, except as provided by Subsection (b), any other applicable requirement of the Insurance Code or another insurance law of this state.
(b) Except as required by department rule, a health benefits plan provider under this chapter is not subject to a law that requires coverage or the offer of coverage of a health care service or benefit.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1505, Sec. 3.04, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0112, eff. April 2, 2015.
Structure Texas Statutes
Chapter 35 - Children With Special Health Care Needs
Section 35.0022. Child With Special Health Care Needs
Section 35.003. Services Program for Children With Special Health Care Needs
Section 35.0031. Health Benefits Plan Coverage for Certain Eligible Children
Section 35.0033. Health Benefits Plan Provider
Section 35.0034. Cost-Sharing Payments
Section 35.004. Service Providers
Section 35.0041. Participation and Reimbursement of Telemedicine Medical Service Providers
Section 35.005. Eligibility for Services
Section 35.006. Denial, Modification, Suspension, or Termination of Services
Section 35.0061. Referral for Behavioral or Emotional Conditions
Section 35.007. Financial Eligibility; Other Benefits