Bill Amendment: TX HB4210 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature

Texas House Bill 4210 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Relating to the authority of entities regulated by the Texas Department of Insurance to conduct business electronically.

Status: 2021-05-26 - Removed from local & uncontested calendar [HB4210 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB4210-House_Amendment_H_2_2-Lucio_III.html

Amend CSHB 4210 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____. Section 35.001, Insurance Code, is amended by adding Subdivision (4-a) to read as follows:

(4-a) "Plan sponsor" means a person, other than a regulated entity, who establishes, adopts, or maintains a health benefit plan, including a vision or dental benefit plan, that covers residents of this state, including a plan established, adopted, or maintained by an employer or jointly by an employer and one or more employee organizations, an association, a committee, a joint board of trustees, or any similar group of representatives who establish, adopt, or maintain a plan.

SECTION ____. Chapter 35, Insurance Code, is amended by adding Section 35.0041 to read as follows:

Sec. 35.0041. CONSENT TO ELECTRONIC DELIVERY BY PLAN SPONSOR. (a) The plan sponsor of a health benefit plan, including a vision or dental benefit plan, may, on behalf of a party enrolled in the plan, give the consent required by Section 35.004(c)(1).

(b) Before consenting on behalf of a party, a plan sponsor must:

(1) provide the party with the statements required by Sections 35.004(c)(2) and (c)(3)(A);

(2) confirm that the party routinely uses electronic communications during the normal course of employment; and

(3) provide the party an opportunity to opt out of delivery by electronic means.

SECTION ____. Section 35.0041, Insurance Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a health benefit plan delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on or after January 1, 2022.