78R8458 AJA-D

By:  Alonzo                                                       H.B. No. 2869



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to regulation of insurers writing professional liability 
insurance for physicians and health care providers.
	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.  APPLICABILITY OF INSURANCE LAWS.  Notwithstanding 
any other law, an insurer that writes professional liability 
insurance for physicians or other health care providers, including 
the joint underwriting association established under Article 
21.49-3 of this code, a medical liability self-insurance trust 
authorized under Article 21.49-4 of this code, a Lloyd's plan 
operating under Chapter 941 of this code, and an exchange operating 
under Chapter 942 of this code, is subject to the insurance laws of 
this state applicable to an insurer writing that type of coverage.
	SECTION 2.  This Act applies only to a policy of professional 
liability insurance for physicians and health care providers 
delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on or after January 1, 
2004.  A policy of professional liability insurance for physicians 
and health care providers delivered, issued for delivery, or 
renewed before that date 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.