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AN ACT
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relating to the eligibility of certain children under group life |
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insurance policies. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 1131.802, Insurance Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 1131.802. EXTENSION OF GROUP LIFE INSURANCE TO SPOUSES |
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AND CHILDREN; ELIGIBLE CHILDREN. Insurance under a group life |
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insurance policy may be extended to cover: |
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(1) the spouse of each individual eligible to be |
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insured under the policy; |
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(2) a natural or adopted child of each individual |
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eligible to be insured under the policy if the child is: |
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(A) [unmarried and] younger than 25 years of age |
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or an older age stated in the policy; or |
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(B) physically or mentally disabled and under the |
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parents' supervision; or |
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(3) a natural or adopted grandchild of each individual |
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eligible to be insured under the policy if the child is[:
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[(A) unmarried;
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[(B)] younger than 25 years of age or an older age |
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stated in the policy [; and
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[(C)
a dependent of the insured for federal
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income tax purposes at the time the application for coverage of the
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child is made]. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an insurance policy that is delivered, issued for delivery, |
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renewed, or amended on or after January 1, 2012. A policy that is |
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delivered, issued for delivery, renewed, or amended before January |
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1, 2012, is governed by the law as it existed immediately before the |
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effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for |
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that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2172 was passed by the House on May 5, |
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2011, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 2172 on May 25, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 2, |
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2 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2172 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 24, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |