86R3141 JES-D
By: Smithee H.B. No. 1903
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to disclosures required in connection with the issuance of
certain health benefit plans.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1507.006(b), Insurance Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) Each applicant for initial coverage [and each
policyholder on renewal of coverage] must sign the disclosure
statement provided by the health carrier under Subsection (a) and
return the statement to the health carrier. Under a group policy or
contract, the term "applicant" means the employer.
SECTION 2. Section 1507.056(b), Insurance Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) Each applicant for initial enrollment [and each
contract holder on renewal] must sign the disclosure statement
provided by the health maintenance organization under Subsection
(a) and return the statement to the health maintenance
organization. Under a group evidence of coverage, the term
"applicant" means the employer.
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a policy or evidence of coverage delivered, issued for delivery,
or renewed on or after the effective date of this Act. A policy or
evidence of coverage delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed
before the effective date of this Act 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 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.