# Tex. Insurance Code § 1367.003: CERTAIN LIMITATIONS ON COVERAGE FOR NEWBORN CHILDREN PROHIBITED

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cin_C1367_S1367.003

## Section

- **Citation:** Tex. Insurance Code § 1367.003
- **Heading:** CERTAIN LIMITATIONS ON COVERAGE FOR NEWBORN CHILDREN PROHIBITED
- **Jurisdiction:** Texas
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1367 / Section 1367.003

## Text

A health benefit plan that provides maternity benefits or accident and health coverage for additional newborn children may not be issued in this state if the plan excludes or limits:

(1) initial coverage of a newborn child before the 61st day after the date of the child's birth;

(2) coverage for congenital defects of a newborn child; or

(3) coverage for administration of the newborn screening tests required by Section 33.011, Health and Safety Code, including for the cost of a newborn screening test kit in the amount provided by the Department of State Health Services on its Internet website under Section 33.019 of that code on the date the test was administered.

## Nearby sections

- [Tex. Insurance Code § 1367.001 § 1367.001. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cin_C1367_S1367.001.md)
- [Tex. Insurance Code § 1367.002 § 1367.002. APPLICABILITY OF GENERAL PROVISIONS OF OTHER LAW.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cin_C1367_S1367.002.md)
- [Tex. Insurance Code § 1367.003 § 1367.003. CERTAIN LIMITATIONS ON COVERAGE FOR NEWBORN CHILDREN PROHIBITED.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cin_C1367_S1367.003.md)
- [Tex. Insurance Code § 1367.051 § 1367.051. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cin_C1367_S1367.051.md)
- [Tex. Insurance Code § 1367.052 § 1367.052. EXCEPTION.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cin_C1367_S1367.052.md)
- [Tex. Insurance Code § 1367.053 § 1367.053. COVERAGE REQUIRED.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cin_C1367_S1367.053.md)
- [Tex. Insurance Code § 1367.054 § 1367.054. COPAYMENT, DEDUCTIBLE, OR COINSURANCE REQUIREMENT PROHIBITED.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cin_C1367_S1367.054.md)
- [Tex. Insurance Code § 1367.055 § 1367.055. RULES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cin_C1367_S1367.055.md)
- [Tex. Insurance Code § 1367.101 § 1367.101. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cin_C1367_S1367.101.md)
- [Tex. Insurance Code § 1367.102 § 1367.102. EXCEPTION.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cin_C1367_S1367.102.md)
- [Tex. Insurance Code § 1367.103 § 1367.103. COVERAGE REQUIRED.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cin_C1367_S1367.103.md)
- [Tex. Insurance Code § 1367.104 § 1367.104. COPAYMENT OR COINSURANCE REQUIREMENT PERMITTED; DEDUCTIBLE REQUIREMENT OR DOLLAR LIMIT PROHIBITED; NOTICE REQUIRED.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cin_C1367_S1367.104.md)
- [Tex. Insurance Code § 1367.105 § 1367.105. RULES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cin_C1367_S1367.105.md)
- [Tex. Insurance Code § 1367.151 § 1367.151. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cin_C1367_S1367.151.md)

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