Bill Text: TX HB3845 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the insurance reporting program operated by the Title IV-D agency to enforce certain child support obligations.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective immediately [HB3845 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3845-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 3845 | ||
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| relating to the insurance reporting program operated by the Title | ||
| IV-D agency to enforce certain child support obligations. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 231.015(c), Family Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (c) An insurer may not be required to report or identify the | ||
| following types of claims: | ||
| (1) a first-party property damage claim under: | ||
| (A) a personal automobile insurance policy for | ||
| actual repair, replacement, or loss of use of an insured vehicle; or | ||
| (B) a residential or tenant property insurance | ||
| policy for actual repair, replacement, or loss of use of an insured | ||
| dwelling and contents, including additional living expenses | ||
| actually incurred; [ |
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| (2) a third-party property damage claim: | ||
| (A) that will be paid to a vendor or repair | ||
| facility for the actual repair, replacement, or loss of use of: | ||
| (i) a dwelling, condominium, or other | ||
| improvements on real property; | ||
| (ii) a vehicle, including a motor vehicle, | ||
| motorcycle, or recreational vehicle; or | ||
| (iii) other tangible personal property that | ||
| has sustained actual damage or loss; or | ||
| (B) for the reimbursement to a claimant for | ||
| payments made by the claimant to a vendor or repair facility for the | ||
| actual repair, replacement, or loss of use of: | ||
| (i) a dwelling, condominium, or other | ||
| improvements on real property; | ||
| (ii) a vehicle, including a motor vehicle, | ||
| motorcycle, or recreational vehicle; or | ||
| (iii) other tangible personal property that | ||
| has sustained actual damage or loss; | ||
| (3) a claim for benefits, or a portion of a claim for | ||
| benefits, assigned to be paid to a funeral service provider or | ||
| facility for actual funeral expenses owed by the insured that are | ||
| not otherwise paid or reimbursed; | ||
| (4) a claim for benefits assigned to be paid to a | ||
| health care provider or facility for actual medical expenses owed | ||
| by the insured that are not otherwise paid or reimbursed; or | ||
| (5) a claim for benefits to be paid under a limited | ||
| benefit insurance policy that provides: | ||
| (A) coverage for one or more specified diseases | ||
| or illnesses; | ||
| (B) dental or vision benefits; or | ||
| (C) hospital indemnity or other fixed indemnity | ||
| coverage. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 3845 was passed by the House on May 9, | ||
| 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 3845 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
