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 as
follows:
       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
[and]
                   (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 and;
                   (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
                         [(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.