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AN ACT
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relating to availability of certain benefits under individual |
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accident and health insurance policies. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 1201.227, Insurance Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an individual accident and health insurance policy that is |
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delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on or after January 1, |
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2014. An individual accident and health insurance policy that is |
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delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed before January 1, 2014, |
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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, 2013. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3105 was passed by the House on May 3, |
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2013, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3105 was passed by the Senate on May |
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21, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 4. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |