| 1 | 1 | | By: Cole, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Blanco) H.B. No. 687 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 1, 2023; |
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| 3 | 3 | | May 1, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Health & |
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| 4 | 4 | | Human Services; May 21, 2023, reported favorably by the following |
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| 5 | 5 | | vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 21, 2023, sent to printer.) |
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| 20 | 20 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 21 | 21 | | AN ACT |
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| 22 | 22 | | relating to the enrollment period for newborns under certain |
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| 23 | 23 | | employer health benefit plans. |
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| 24 | 24 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 1. Section 846.258(b), Insurance Code, is amended |
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| 26 | 26 | | to read as follows: |
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| 27 | 27 | | (b) Coverage of a newborn child of a participating employee |
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| 28 | 28 | | under this section ends on the 61st [32nd] day after the date of the |
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| 29 | 29 | | child's birth unless: |
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| 30 | 30 | | (1) children are eligible for coverage under the |
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| 31 | 31 | | multiple employer welfare arrangement's plan document; and |
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| 32 | 32 | | (2) not later than the 60th [31st] day after the date |
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| 33 | 33 | | of birth, the arrangement receives: |
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| 34 | 34 | | (A) notice of the birth; and |
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| 35 | 35 | | (B) any required additional premium. |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 2. Section 1501.157(b), Insurance Code, is amended |
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| 37 | 37 | | to read as follows: |
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| 38 | 38 | | (b) Coverage of a newborn child of a covered employee under |
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| 39 | 39 | | this section ends on the 61st [32nd] day after the date of the |
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| 40 | 40 | | child's birth unless, not later than the 60th [31st] day after the |
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| 41 | 41 | | date of birth, the small employer health benefit plan issuer |
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| 42 | 42 | | receives: |
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| 43 | 43 | | (1) notice of the birth; and |
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| 44 | 44 | | (2) any required additional premium. |
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| 45 | 45 | | SECTION 3. Section 1501.607(b), Insurance Code, is amended |
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| 46 | 46 | | to read as follows: |
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| 47 | 47 | | (b) Coverage of a newborn child of a covered employee under |
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| 48 | 48 | | this section ends on the 61st [32nd] day after the date of the |
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| 49 | 49 | | child's birth unless: |
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| 50 | 50 | | (1) children are eligible for coverage under the large |
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| 51 | 51 | | employer health benefit plan; and |
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| 52 | 52 | | (2) not later than the 60th [31st] day after the date |
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| 53 | 53 | | of birth, the large employer health benefit plan issuer receives: |
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| 54 | 54 | | (A) notice of the birth; and |
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| 55 | 55 | | (B) any required additional premium. |
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| 56 | 56 | | SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 57 | 57 | | to a health benefit plan that is delivered, issued for delivery, or |
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| 58 | 58 | | renewed on or after January 1, 2024. A health benefit plan that is |
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| 59 | 59 | | delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed before January 1, 2024, |
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| 60 | 60 | | is governed by the law as it existed immediately before the |
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| 61 | 61 | | effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for |
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| 62 | 62 | | that purpose. |
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| 63 | 63 | | SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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| 64 | 64 | | * * * * * |
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