By: Smith of Tarrant H.B. No. 2549
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to extension of group life insurance to eligible children.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1131.802, Insurance Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 1131.802.  EXTENSION OF GROUP LIFE INSURANCE TO SPOUSES
  AND CHILDREN; ELIGIBLE CHILDREN.  Insurance under a group life
  insurance policy may be extended to cover:
               (1)  the spouse of each individual eligible to be
  insured under the policy; [or]
               (2)  a natural or adopted child of each individual
  eligible to be insured under the policy if the child is:
                     (A)  unmarried; and [younger than 21 years of age;
  or]
                     (B)  younger [older] than 25 [21] years of age; or
                     (C)  physically or mentally disabled and under the
  parents' supervision; or
               (3)  a natural or adopted grandchild of each individual
  eligible to be insured under the policy if the child is:
                     (A)  unmarried;
                     (B)  younger than 25 years of age; and
                     (C)  a dependent of the insured for federal income
  tax purposes at the time the application for coverage of the
  grandchild is made [and:
                           [(i)     enrolled as a full-time student at an
  educational institution; or
                           [(ii)     physically or mentally disabled and
  under the parents'   supervision].
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.