H.B. No. 2172
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 25 years of age
or an older age stated in the policy; 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 25 years of age or an older age
stated in the policy [; 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,
renewed, or amended on or after January 1, 2012. A policy that is
delivered, issued for delivery, renewed, or amended 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.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2172 was passed by the House on May 5,
2011, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 2172 on May 25, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 2,
2 present, not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2172 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 24, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor