Texas Insurance Code
§ 846.259 — COVERAGE FOR ADOPTED CHILDREN
IN § 846.259Title 6. ORGANIZATION OF INSURERS AND RELATED ENTITIES · Part C. LIFE, HEALTH, AND ACCIDENT INSURERS AND RELATED ENTITIES · Ch. 846. MULTIPLE EMPLOYER WELFARE ARRANGEMENTS · Art. F. PARTICIPATION IN COVERAGE
Statute text
View on source(a)This section applies only if children are eligible for coverage under the terms of a multiple employer welfare arrangement's plan document.
(b)A multiple employer welfare arrangement plan document may not limit or exclude initial coverage of an adopted child of a participating employee. A child is considered to be the child of a participating employee if the participating employee is a party to a suit in which the employee seeks to adopt the child.
(c)An adopted child of a participating employee may be enrolled, at the employee's option, not later than the 31st day after:
(1)the date the employee becomes a party to a suit in which the employee seeks to adopt the child; or
(2)the date the adoption becomes final.
(d)Coverage of an adopted child of a participating employee under this section ends unless the multiple employer welfare arrangement receives notice of the adoption and any required additional premiums not later than the 31st day after:
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 10A.219(b), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.