By: Rose H.B. No. 1803
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the eligibility of certain individuals to purchase
  Medicare supplement benefit plans.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 1652, Insurance Code, is
  amended by adding Section 1652.059 to read as follows:
         Sec. 1652.059.  COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS YOUNGER
  THAN 65. (a)  In this section, "entity" means an entity that
  delivers or issues for delivery a Medicare supplement benefit plan
  in this state.
         (b)  An entity that offers coverage under a Medicare
  supplement benefit plan to individuals 65 years of age or older must
  offer the same coverage to individuals younger than 65 years of age
  who are eligible for and enrolled in Medicare by reason of
  disability or end stage renal disease.
         (c)  Except as otherwise provided by rules adopted under
  Section 1652.051, any benefit, protection, policy, or procedure
  applicable to coverage under a plan for an individual 65 years of
  age or older must apply to coverage offered under Subsection (b).
         (d)  An entity shall offer to individuals younger than 65
  years of age who are eligible for and enrolled in Medicare by reason
  of disability or end stage renal disease an open enrollment period
  for coverage offered under Subsection (b) that begins on July 1,
  2024, and ends not earlier than January 1, 2025. This subsection
  expires September 1, 2025.
         SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
  a Medicare supplement benefit plan delivered, issued for delivery,
  or renewed on or after July 1, 2024.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.