| 1 | 1 | | By: Rose H.B. No. 1803 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to the eligibility of certain individuals to purchase |
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| 7 | 7 | | Medicare supplement benefit plans. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 1652, Insurance Code, is |
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| 10 | 10 | | amended by adding Section 1652.059 to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | Sec. 1652.059. COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS YOUNGER |
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| 12 | 12 | | THAN 65. (a) In this section, "entity" means an entity that |
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| 13 | 13 | | delivers or issues for delivery a Medicare supplement benefit plan |
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| 14 | 14 | | in this state. |
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| 15 | 15 | | (b) An entity that offers coverage under a Medicare |
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| 16 | 16 | | supplement benefit plan to individuals 65 years of age or older must |
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| 17 | 17 | | offer the same coverage to individuals younger than 65 years of age |
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| 18 | 18 | | who are eligible for and enrolled in Medicare by reason of |
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| 19 | 19 | | disability or end stage renal disease. |
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| 20 | 20 | | (c) Except as otherwise provided by rules adopted under |
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| 21 | 21 | | Section 1652.051, any benefit, protection, policy, or procedure |
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| 22 | 22 | | applicable to coverage under a plan for an individual 65 years of |
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| 23 | 23 | | age or older must apply to coverage offered under Subsection (b). |
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| 24 | 24 | | (d) An entity shall offer to individuals younger than 65 |
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| 25 | 25 | | years of age who are eligible for and enrolled in Medicare by reason |
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| 26 | 26 | | of disability or end stage renal disease an open enrollment period |
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| 27 | 27 | | for coverage offered under Subsection (b) that begins on July 1, |
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| 28 | 28 | | 2024, and ends not earlier than January 1, 2025. This subsection |
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| 29 | 29 | | expires September 1, 2025. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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| 31 | 31 | | a Medicare supplement benefit plan delivered, issued for delivery, |
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| 32 | 32 | | or renewed on or after July 1, 2024. |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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