Amend CSSB 1257 (Senate committee printing) by adding the 
following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to ARTICLE 1 of the bill 
and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of that ARTICLE accordingly:
	SECTION 1.__.  Subtitle G, Title 8, Insurance Code, is 
amended by adding Chapter 1515 to read as follows:

CHAPTER 1515.  INFORMATION CONCERNING RESCINDED HEALTH BENEFIT 
PLANS
	Sec. 1515.001.  DEFINITION.  In this chapter, "coverage 
document" means a policy or certificate evidencing the coverage of 
an individual or group under a health benefit plan described by 
Section 1515.002.
	Sec. 1515.002.  APPLICABILITY.  (a)  This chapter applies 
only to a health benefit plan, including a small or large employer 
health benefit plan written under Chapter 1501, that provides 
benefits for medical or surgical expenses incurred as a result of a 
health condition, accident, or sickness, including an individual, 
group, blanket, or franchise insurance policy or insurance 
agreement, a group hospital service contract, or an individual or 
group evidence of coverage or similar coverage document that is 
offered by:
		(1)  an insurance company;                                             
		(2)  a group hospital service corporation operating 
under Chapter 842;
		(3)  a fraternal benefit society operating under 
Chapter 885;        
		(4)  a stipulated premium company operating under 
Chapter 884;       
		(5)  a reciprocal exchange operating under Chapter 942;                
		(6)  a Lloyd's plan operating under Chapter 941;                       
		(7)  a health maintenance organization operating under 
Chapter 843;  
		(8)  a multiple employer welfare arrangement that holds 
a certificate of authority under Chapter 846; or
		(9)  an approved nonprofit health corporation that 
holds a certificate of authority under Chapter 844.
	(b)  This chapter does not apply to:                                    
		(1)  a health benefit plan that provides coverage only:                
			(A)  for a specified disease or diseases or under 
an individual limited benefit policy;
			(B)  for accidental death or dismemberment;                           
			(C)  as a supplement to a liability insurance 
policy; or            
			(D)  for dental or vision care;                                       
		(2)  disability income insurance coverage or a 
combination of accident only and disability income insurance 
coverage;
		(3)  credit insurance coverage;                                        
		(4)  a hospital confinement indemnity policy;                          
		(5)  a Medicare supplemental policy as defined by 
Section 1882(g)(1), Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1395ss), 
as amended;
		(6)  a workers' compensation insurance policy;                         
		(7)  medical payment insurance coverage provided under 
a motor vehicle insurance policy; or
		(8)  a long-term care insurance policy, including a 
nursing home fixed indemnity policy, unless the commissioner 
determines that the policy provides benefits so comprehensive that 
the policy is a health benefit plan described by Subsection (a) and 
is not exempted from the application of this chapter.
	Sec. 1515.003.  REPORT.  (a)  Each health benefit plan issuer 
authorized to issue coverage documents in this state shall submit a 
report to the department containing the rescission rates of 
coverage documents issued by the issuer.
	(b)  In addition to the rescission rates described by 
Subsection (a), the report must contain:
		(1)  the number of individuals whose coverage document 
was rescinded by the health benefit plan issuer during the 
reporting period for each type of health benefit plan to which this 
chapter applies;
		(2)  the total number of enrollees that were covered by 
rescinded coverage documents before those documents were 
rescinded; and
		(3)  the reasons for rescission of rescinded coverage 
documents for each type of health benefit plan to which this chapter 
applies.
	(c)  The commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to 
implement this section, including rules concerning any applicable 
reporting period and the form of the report required under 
Subsection (a).
	Sec. 1515.004.  INTERNET POSTING; CONSUMER HOTLINE.  (a)  
The department shall post on the department's Internet website:
		(1)  the information contained in the reports received 
under Section 1515.003 that is not confidential or proprietary; and
		(2)  a form through which consumers may report 
rescission of a health benefit plan and complaints or suspected 
violations of the law governing the rescission of health benefit 
plans.
	(b)  For purposes of Subsection (a), aggregated information 
regarding a health benefit plan issuer's rescission rates is not 
confidential or proprietary.
	(c)  The department shall operate a toll-free telephone 
hotline to:   
		(1)  respond to consumer inquiries concerning the 
rescission of health benefit plans; and
		(2)  provide information to consumers concerning the 
rescission of health benefit plans and technical assistance with 
the completion of the form described by Subsection (a)(2).
	SECTION 1.__.  The commissioner of insurance shall adopt 
rules under Section 1515.003(c), Insurance Code, as added by this 
Act, not later than January 1, 2010.  The rules must require health 
benefit plan issuers to submit the first report under Section 
1515.003, Insurance Code, as added by this Act, not later than April 
1, 2010.