Sec. 544.103.  PROHIBITION ON USE OF CERTAIN GUIDELINES.  (a)  A health benefit plan issuer may not use an underwriting guideline that is based on:
(1)  the ability of an insured or enrollee or an applicant for insurance coverage or health care benefits to speak English fluently;  or
(2)  the literacy in English of the insured, enrollee, or applicant.
(b)  An applicant has the burden of proof to establish a violation of this subchapter.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2005.