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Insurance
in the preceding year and dollar amounts of large claims paid by the insurer during that year
under the contract with that entity. The act requires that the information be reported in the
aggregate, be nonspecific to an individual, and remain confidential.
The act requires employer carriers offering a health benefit plan, on the written request
from an employer covered by the carrier, to report information from the preceding 12 months
relating to charges submitted to the carrier for covered persons, the total amount of payments
made by the carrier to health care providers, and, to the extent possible, data on claims paid
aggregated by type of health care provider.
HOUSE BILL 1764 HOUSE AUTHOR: Farabee et al.
EFFECTIVE: 6-19-99 SENATE SPONSOR: Whitmire
House Bill 1764 amends the Insurance Code to comply with federal law requiring a health
benefits plan, including a plan offered by a reciprocal exchange, that provides coverage for a
mastectomy to provide coverage also for breast reconstruction, reconstruction of the other
breast to achieve symmetrical appearance, and prostheses and treatment of physical complications
at all stages of mastectomy. The act also requires a health benefits plan that provides such
coverage to provide notice of its availability to each enrollee.
HOUSE BILL 1805 HOUSE AUTHOR: Dunnam
EFFECTIVE: 8-30-99 SENATE SPONSOR: R. Ellis
House Bill 1805 deletes a provision of the Property Code that includes the present value of
certain life insurance policies among the $60,000 worth of family property that is exempt from
seizure. The deletion eliminates a conflict with a similar Insurance Code provision and
clarifies that the full value of a life insurance policy is exempt from seizure in a bankruptcy
proceeding, as provided in the Insurance Code, and is not to be counted against the $60,000
cap on the value of exempt personal property.
HOUSE BILL 1837 HOUSE AUTHOR: Brimer
EFFECTIVE: 6-19-99 SENATE SPONSOR: Ratliff
House Bill 1837 amends the Insurance Code to establish flat tax rates for certain types of
insurance. The act reduces an insurance carrier's premium tax for property and casualty
insurance from 3.5 percent to 1.6 percent of its premium receipts and repeals two in-state
investment options that previously allowed insurance carriers to qualify for a reduced premium
tax. The act also reduces the premium tax for title insurance from 2 percent to 1.35 percent and
repeals a similar investment option for a title insurance carrier to qualify for a premium tax
reduction.
HOUSE BILL 1919 HOUSE AUTHOR: Gallego et al.
EFFECTIVE: 8-30-99 SENATE SPONSOR: Harris
House Bill 1919 requires the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house to appoint a
joint interim committee on health benefit mandates. The act requires the committee to study
the effects that mandated health care benefits have had on the availability and affordability of
health care coverage and on the improvement and maintenance of the health of the state's
residents, the number and percentage of actual or anticipated claims for each mandated benefit,
and the feasibility and potential impact of alternatives to mandated benefits. It also requires
the committee to develop and submit recommendations to the legislature to assist in the
assessment of the costs and benefits of any proposed mandated benefits and requires the Texas
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