Texas Insurance Code 544.153 – Prohibitions
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(a) A health benefit plan issuer or life insurer may not, because of an individual’s status as a victim of family violence:
(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; 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.
(b) A health benefit plan issuer or life insurer may not, as a part of an application for coverage, require an applicant to reveal whether the applicant has been or may become a victim of family violence.