# S.B. No. 815 (Texas) — SECTION 4 — effective January 1, 2026

For S.B. No. 815 (Texas), provision stating the date is SECTION 4; effective date is January 1, 2026; what it applies to is utilization review conducted for a health benefit plan delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on or after January 1, 2026, under Chapter 4201, Insurance Code as amended by the Act, recorded from its source on 2026-10-07; source re-checked 2026-10-15.

- **Jurisdiction:** Texas _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Instrument:** S.B. No. 815 _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Provision stating the date:** SECTION 4 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Effective date:** January 1, 2026 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **What it applies to:** utilization review conducted for a health benefit plan delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on or after January 1, 2026, under Chapter 4201, Insurance Code as amended by the Act _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> Chapter 4201, Insurance Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to utilization review conducted for a health benefit plan delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on or after January 1, 2026.

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Instrument

> I hereby certify that S.B. No. 815 passed the Senate

### Provision stating the date

> SECTION 4. Chapter 4201, Insurance Code, as amended by this

## Other dated provisions of this instrument

- [S.B. No. 815 (Texas) — effective September 1, 2025](https://referencesource.org/ai-regulation-effective-dates/texas-s-b-no-815/)

## Source

- https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/pdf/SB00815F.pdf
- https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00815F.htm

Last verified: 2026-10-15. Review by: 2026-11-29.
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