Subject to Section 1360.005, a health benefit plan that provides coverage for general anesthesia may not exclude from coverage medically necessary general anesthesia services in connection with dental services provided to a covered individual if:

1. (1) the individual is:

   1. (A) younger than 13 years of age; and
   2. (B) unable to undergo the dental service without general anesthesia due to a documented physical, mental, or medical reason; and
2. (2) the anesthesia is performed by a qualified provider of anesthesia services.

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 978 (S.B. 527), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.