| 6 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 5 | | relating to individual indemnity health insurance. |
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| 8 | 6 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 7 | | SECTION 1. Section 1201.104(a), Insurance Code, is amended |
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| 10 | 8 | | to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 9 | | (a) For individual accident and health insurance policies, |
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| 12 | 10 | | the commissioner shall adopt rules establishing minimum standards |
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| 13 | 11 | | for benefits under each of the following categories of coverage: |
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| 14 | 12 | | (1) basic hospital expense; |
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| 15 | 13 | | (2) basic medical-surgical expense; |
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| 16 | 14 | | (3) hospital [confinement] indemnity or other fixed |
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| 17 | 15 | | indemnity; |
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| 18 | 16 | | (4) major medical expense; |
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| 19 | 17 | | (5) disability income protection; |
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| 20 | 18 | | (6) accident only; |
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| 21 | 19 | | (7) specified disease; |
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| 22 | 20 | | (8) specified accident; and |
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| 23 | 21 | | (9) limited benefit. |
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| 24 | 22 | | SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2016, the commissioner |
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| 25 | 23 | | of insurance shall adopt any rules necessary to implement Section |
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| 26 | 24 | | 1201.104, Insurance Code, as amended by this Act. |
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| 27 | 25 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 28 | 26 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 29 | 27 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 30 | 28 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 31 | 29 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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| 30 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 31 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 32 | + | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 979 passed the Senate on |
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| 33 | + | April 9, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 34 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 35 | + | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 36 | + | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 979 passed the House on |
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| 37 | + | April 30, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 3, one |
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| 38 | + | present not voting. |
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| 39 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 40 | + | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 41 | + | Approved: |
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| 42 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 43 | + | Date |
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| 44 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 45 | + | Governor |
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