Tex. Ins. Code Section 1365.053
Choice of Hearing Aid

(a)

A health benefit plan that provides coverage for hearing aids may not deny an enrollee’s claim for a hearing aid solely on the basis that the price of the hearing aid is more than the benefit available under the health benefit plan.

(b)

Notwithstanding Section 1367.253 (Coverage Required)(d), this section applies to a health benefit plan subject to Subchapter F (Applicability of Subchapter), Chapter 1367 (Coverage of Children).

(c)

Nothing in this section requires a health benefit plan to pay an enrollee’s claim for a hearing aid in an amount that is more than the benefit available under the health benefit plan.
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 8 (H.B. 109), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2023.

Source: Section 1365.053 — Choice of Hearing Aid, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.­1365.­htm#1365.­053 (accessed May 4, 2024).

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