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Tex. Ins. Code § 1575.159

COVERAGE FOR PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN TEST

Known as the Texas Public School Retired Employees Group Benefits Act

The act spans §§ 1575.001 to 1575.506 (105 sections).

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 3, eff

A health benefit plan offered under the group program, other than a Medicare Advantage plan or a Medicare prescription drug plan, must provide coverage for a medically accepted prostate-specific antigen test used for the detection of prostate cancer for each male enrolled in the health benefit plan who:

(1) is at least 50 years of age; or

(2) is at least 40 years of age and:

(A) has a family history of prostate cancer; or

(B) exhibits another cancer risk factor.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.