By Naishtat H.B. No. 1586
76R6620 DB-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the coverage by long-term care insurance policies of
1-3 the parents of an insured or the parents of the spouse of an
1-4 insured.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Section 3(b), Article 3.70-12, Insurance Code, is
1-7 amended to read as follows:
1-8 (b) The standards established under Subsection (a) of this
1-9 section shall cover the following:
1-10 (1) terms of renewability;
1-11 (2) initial and subsequent conditions of eligibility;
1-12 (3) nonduplication of coverage;
1-13 (4) coverage of dependents;
1-14 (5) coverage of parents of the insured and parents of
1-15 the spouse of the insured;
1-16 (6) [(5)] preexisting conditions;
1-17 (7) [(6)] termination of insurance;
1-18 (8) [(7)] continuation or conversion;
1-19 (9) [(8)] probationary periods;
1-20 (10) [(9)] benefit limitations, exceptions, and
1-21 reductions;
1-22 (11) [(10)] elimination periods;
1-23 (12) [(11)] requirements for replacement;
1-24 (13) [(12)] recurrent conditions;
2-1 (14) [(13)] definitions of terms; and
2-2 (15) [(14)] inflation protection.
2-3 SECTION 2. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
2-4 (b) The commissioner of insurance shall establish the
2-5 standards required under Section 3, Article 3.70-12, Insurance
2-6 Code, as amended by this Act, not later than March 1, 2000.
2-7 (c) Section 3(b), Article 3.70-12, Insurance Code, as
2-8 amended by this Act, applies only to a policy that is delivered,
2-9 issued for delivery, or renewed on or after April 1, 2000. A
2-10 policy that is delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed before
2-11 April 1, 2000, is governed by the law as it existed immediately
2-12 before the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in
2-13 effect for that purpose.
2-14 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-15 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-16 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-17 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-18 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.