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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to standardization of insurance and health maintenance |
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organization disclosures. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 36, Insurance Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 36.008 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 36.008. RULES ON STANDARDIZATION OF DISCLOSURES. To |
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the extent practicable, the commissioner shall adopt rules that |
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require all insurers authorized to engage in the business of |
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insurance in this state and all health maintenance organizations |
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authorized to engage in the business of a health maintenance |
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organization in this state to provide the same disclosures in each |
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policy or evidence of coverage issued by the insurer or |
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organization. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |