82R10357 RWG-F
By: Torres H.B. No. 2172
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the eligibility of certain children under group life
insurance policies.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1131.802, Insurance Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 1131.802. EXTENSION OF GROUP LIFE INSURANCE TO SPOUSES
AND CHILDREN; ELIGIBLE CHILDREN. Insurance under a group life
insurance policy may be extended to cover:
(1) the spouse of each individual eligible to be
insured under the policy;
(2) a natural or adopted child of each individual
eligible to be insured under the policy if the child is:
(A) [unmarried and] younger than 26 [25] years of
age; or
(B) physically or mentally disabled and under the
parents' supervision; or
(3) a natural or adopted grandchild of each individual
eligible to be insured under the policy if the child is[:
[(A) unmarried;
[(B)] younger than 26 [25] years of age[; and
[(C) a dependent of the insured for federal
income tax purposes at the time the application for coverage of the
child is made].
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an insurance policy that is delivered, issued for delivery, or
renewed on or after January 1, 2012. A policy that is delivered,
issued for delivery, or renewed before January 1, 2012, is governed
by the law as it existed immediately before the effective date of
this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.