87R6578 RDS-D
By: Bell of Montgomery H.B. No. 4469
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the provision of workers' compensation insurance and
group accident and health insurance together in a packaged plan.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 2052, Insurance Code, is amended by
adding Section 2052.005 to read as follows:
Sec. 2052.005. CONTRACTS WITH ACCIDENT AND HEALTH INSURANCE
COMPANIES TO PROVIDE MAJOR MEDICAL COVERAGE AND MEDICAL BENEFITS.
(a) Subject to Subsection (c), a workers' compensation insurance
company may contract with an accident and health insurance company
to offer to employers a workers' compensation insurance policy and
a group accident and health insurance policy together in one
packaged plan under which employees and their dependents are
eligible for major medical expense coverage and employees are
covered for medical benefits and other benefits required by Chapter
408, Labor Code.
(b) A packaged plan offered under this section must provide
that medical examinations required under Subchapter A, Chapter 408,
Labor Code, are covered exclusively under the workers' compensation
insurance policy included in the packaged plan.
(c) The commissioner must approve an agreement described by
Subsection (a) and the policy forms to be used for the packaged
plan.
(d) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to
implement this section.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2022.