By:  Farabee (Senate Sponsor - Averitt)                           H.B. No. 1799
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 7, 2003; 
May 9, 2003, read first time and referred to Committee on State 
Affairs; May 23, 2003, reported favorably by the following vote:  
Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 23, 2003, sent to printer.)


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to group life insurance.                                           
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 1131.108(a), Insurance Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(a)  A group life insurance policy must provide that the 
insurer will issue to the policyholder for delivery to each insured 
an individual certificate stating:
		(1)  the insurance protection to which the insured is 
entitled;             
		(2)  to whom the insurance benefits are payable; and                          
		(3)  the rights and conditions specified by Sections 
1131.110-1131.112.     
	By agreement between the insurer and the policyholder, the 
certificate of insurance may be delivered electronically.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                           



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