Health Insurance - What is "Reasonable Cost?"
When involved in a suit affecting the parent child relationship, Texas law requires that children have health care coverage. Health insurance coverage continues to rise at an alarming rate, so it is important to know what the law considers to be reasonable.
In September 2007, the Texas legislature amended the family code to define reasonable cost as follows: “…the cost of health insurance coverage for a child that does not exceed 9% of the responsible parent’s annual resources.” Tex. Fam. Code Section 154.181 (e).
