Texas § 1356.005 COVERAGE REQUIRED.

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§ 1356.005 — COVERAGE REQUIRED.

Texas § 1356.005

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Tex. Insurance Code Code Ann. § 1356.005 (2026).

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Sec. 1356.005. COVERAGE REQUIRED.

(a)A health benefit plan that provides coverage to a female who is 35 years of age or older must include coverage for an annual screening by all forms of low-dose mammography for the presence of occult breast cancer. (a-1) A health benefit plan that provides coverage for a screening mammogram must provide coverage for diagnostic imaging that is no less favorable than the coverage for a screening mammogram.

(b)Coverage required by this section:

(1)may not be less favorable than coverage for other radiological examinations under the plan; and

(2)must be subject to the same dollar limits, deductibles, and coinsurance factors as coverage for other radiological examinations under the plan.

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Sec. 1356.005. COVERAGE REQUIRED. (a) A health benefit plan that provides coverage to a female who is 35 years of age or older must include coverage for an annual screening by all forms of low-dose mammography for the presence of occult breast cancer.
(a-1) A health benefit plan that provides coverage for a screening mammogram must provide coverage for diagnostic imaging that is no less favorable than the coverage for a screening mammogram.
(b) Coverage required by this section:
(1) may not be less favorable than coverage for other radiological examinations under the plan; and
(2) must be subject to the same dollar limits, deductibles, and coinsurance factors as coverage for other radiological examinations under the plan.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. April 1, 2005. Amended by: Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 816 (H.B. 1036 ), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2017. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1356 (H.B. 170 ), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2019. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 867 (S.B. 1065 ), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2021.

Nearby Sections

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§ 1356.001

DEFINITIONS.

§ 1356.002

APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.

§ 1356.003

APPLICABILITY OF GENERAL PROVISIONS OF OTHER LAW.

§ 1356.004

EXCEPTION.

§ 1356.005

COVERAGE REQUIRED.

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