Tex. Codes » Family Code · TITLE 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · SUBTITLE B. SUITS AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · CHAPTER 154. CHILD SUPPORT
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Tex. Fam. Code § 154.188 (2026)

Failure To Provide Or Pay For Required Health Insurance Or Dental Insurance

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Sec. 154.188. FAILURE TO PROVIDE OR PAY FOR REQUIRED HEALTH INSURANCE OR DENTAL INSURANCE. A parent ordered to provide health insurance or dental insurance or to pay the other parent additional child support for the cost of health insurance or dental insurance who fails to do so is liable for:

(1) necessary medical expenses or dental expenses of the child, without regard to whether the expenses would have been paid if health insurance or dental insurance had been provided; and

(2) the cost of health insurance premiums, dental insurance premiums, or contributions, if any, paid on behalf of the child.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 295, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 610, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

Amended by:

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1150 (S.B. 550), Sec. 22, eff. September 1, 2018.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 2003–2015 · leading case: In Re the Marriage of Grossnickle, 115 S.W.3d 238 (Tex. App. 2003).
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In Re the Marriage of Grossnickle, 115 S.W.3d 238 (Tex. App. 2003). · cites it 2× “However, Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 154.188 (Vernon 2002) provides that, when a parent ordered to provide health insurance fails to do so, that parent is liable for necessary medical expenses of the child.”
Beck v. Walker, 154 S.W.3d 895 (Tex. App. 2005). “” Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 154.188 (Vernon 2002).”
William Wade Bartlett v. Lori Lee Bartlett, 465 S.W.3d 745 (Tex. App. 2015). “See Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 154.188(a)(2). However, as explained above, the Bart-letts’ college-expense provision is not an agreement for child support.”
in the Matter of the Marriage of Richard Dean Grossnickle & Lee Ann Grossnickle & in the Interest of Emily Ann Grossnickle, a Minor Child (Tex. App. 2003). · cites it 2× “However, Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 154.188 (Vernon 2002) provides that, when a parent ordered to provide health insurance fails to do so, that parent is liable for necessary medical expenses of the child.”
in the Matter of the Marriage of Charlie F. McAdams & Lesa McDowell McAdams (Tex. App. 2008). · cites it 2× “However, Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 154.188 (Vernon 2002) provides that, when a parent ordered to provide health insurance fails to do so, that parent is liable for necessary medical expenses of the child.”
Tex. Fam. Code § 154.188(a)(2): 1 case
William Wade Bartlett v. Lori Lee Bartlett, 465 S.W.3d 745 (Tex. App. 2015). “See Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 154.188(a)(2). However, as explained above, the Bart-letts’ college-expense provision is not an agreement for child support.”
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