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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to availability of professional liability insurance under |
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a self-insurance trust for health care. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Section 2212.054, Insurance Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 2212.054. POWERS AND DUTIES OF TRUST. |
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SECTION 2. Section 2212.054(a), Insurance Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) A trust may: |
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(1) purchase, on behalf of the members of the |
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association that created the trust or other persons who are |
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licensed to practice medicine or dentistry in this state, [medical] |
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professional liability insurance, specific excess insurance, |
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aggregate excess insurance, and reinsurance, as necessary in the |
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opinion of the trustees; |
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(2) purchase required risk management services; and |
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(3) pay claims that arise under any deductible |
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provisions. |
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SECTION 3. Section 2212.054, Insurance Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) A trust may not make membership in the association that |
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created the trust a condition of issuing a contract for |
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professional liability insurance or other insurance to a person |
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licensed to practice medicine or dentistry in this state. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |