TREATMENT OF CERTAIN CONDITIONS AS PREEXISTING PROHIBITED
Known as the Health Insurance Portability and Availability Act
The act spans §§ 1501.001 to 1501.616 (129 sections).
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff
(a) A small or large employer health benefit plan issuer may not treat genetic information as a preexisting condition described by Section 1501.102(b) in the absence of a diagnosis of the condition related to the information.
(b) A small or large employer health benefit plan issuer may not treat pregnancy as a preexisting condition described by Section 1501.102(b).
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.