By: Paxton  S.B. No. 1852
         (In the Senate - Filed March 7, 2019; March 18, 2019, read
  first time and referred to Committee on Business & Commerce;
  April 9, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 9,
  Nays 0; April 9, 2019, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to disclosures required in connection with the issuance of
  certain health benefit plans.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1507.006(b), Insurance Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (b)  Each applicant for initial coverage [and each
  policyholder on renewal of coverage] must sign the disclosure
  statement provided by the health carrier under Subsection (a) and
  return the statement to the health carrier.  Under a group policy or
  contract, the term "applicant" means the employer.
         SECTION 2.  Section 1507.056(b), Insurance Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (b)  Each applicant for initial enrollment [and each
  contract holder on renewal] must sign the disclosure statement
  provided by the health maintenance organization under Subsection
  (a) and return the statement to the health maintenance
  organization.  Under a group evidence of coverage, the term
  "applicant" means the employer.
         SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to a policy or evidence of coverage delivered, issued for delivery,
  or renewed on or after the effective date of this Act.  A policy or
  evidence of coverage delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed
  before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law as it
  existed immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that
  law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
 
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