Texas Insurance Code

§ 544.202 — PROHIBITION

IN § 544.202Title 5. PROTECTION OF CONSUMER INTERESTS · Part C. DECEPTIVE, UNFAIR, AND PROHIBITED PRACTICES · Ch. 544. PROHIBITED DISCRIMINATION · Art. E. FIBROCYSTIC BREAST CONDITION

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A health benefit plan issuer may not, solely or in part because an individual has been diagnosed with or has a history of a fibrocystic breast condition:

(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 for any other breast condition; 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.

Legislative history

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