Texas Insurance Code

§ 544.153 — PROHIBITIONS

IN § 544.153Title 5. PROTECTION OF CONSUMER INTERESTS · Part C. DECEPTIVE, UNFAIR, AND PROHIBITED PRACTICES · Ch. 544. PROHIBITED DISCRIMINATION · Art. D. FAMILY VIOLENCE

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(a)A health benefit plan issuer or life insurer may not, because of an individual's status as a victim of family violence:

(1)deny coverage to the individual;

(2)refuse to renew the individual's coverage;

(3)cancel the individual's coverage;

(4)limit the amount, extent, or kind of coverage available to the individual; or

(5)charge the individual or a group to which the individual belongs a rate that is different from the rate charged to other individuals or groups, respectively, for the same coverage.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2005.