Sec. 1425.052.  EXEMPTION FROM SUBTITLE FOR BENEFITS REQUIRING DEFRAYAL.  (a)  A provision of this subtitle that is enacted on or after January 1, 2012, does not apply to a qualified health plan if a determination is made under 45 C.F.R. Section 155.170 that:
(1)  the provision requires the qualified health plan to offer benefits in addition to the essential health benefits required under 42 U.S.C. Section 18022(b); and
(2)  this state must make payments to defray the cost of the additional benefits mandated by the provision.
(b)  If a determination described by Subsection (a) is made as to a qualified health plan, the provision to which the determination relates does not apply to a non-qualified health plan if the non-qualified health plan is offered in the same market as the qualified health plan.
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 890 (S.B. 2016), Sec. 3, eff. June 16, 2021.