78R8546 AJA-D
By: Pena H.B. No. 2246
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to rating guidelines for medical professional liability
insurance.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 5.15-1, Insurance Code, is amended by
adding Section 11 to read as follows:
Sec. 11. CERTAIN RATING GUIDELINES PROHIBITED. An insurer
may not consider a notice of claim letter received by an insured or
applicant for insurance under Section 4.01, Medical Liability and
Insurance Improvement Act of Texas (Article 4590i, Vernon's Texas
Civil Statutes), for the purposes of determining the rate that will
be charged for the insurance.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a policy of medical professional liability insurance issued or
renewed on or after January 1, 2004. A policy of medical
professional liability insurance issued before January 1, 2004, is
governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective date
of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.