Section 544.153 - Prohibitions(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.Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff. 4/1/2005.