88R15100 CJD-D
 
  By: Turner H.B. No. 1010
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the insurable interest of certain persons providing
  care to individuals with disabilities in the life of those
  individuals.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1103.053, Insurance Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read
  as follows:
         (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b) or (c), a
  beneficiary or owner of a life insurance policy who is designated in
  accordance with this subchapter or an entity to which a life
  insurance policy or an interest, benefit, right, or title in a life
  insurance policy is transferred or assigned in accordance with this
  subchapter has, at all times after the designation, an insurable
  interest in the life of the individual who is insured under the
  policy.
         (c)  Notwithstanding Section 1103.051, this subsection
  applies to a life insurance policy issued under Chapter 1101.  A
  person providing care to an individual with a disability, including
  an intellectual disability, at a state supported living center, as
  defined by Section 531.002, Health and Safety Code, an assisted
  living facility licensed under Chapter 247, Health and Safety Code,
  an intermediate care facility licensed under Chapter 252, Health
  and Safety Code, or a group home, as defined by Section 591.003,
  Health and Safety Code, does not directly or indirectly have an
  insurable interest in the life of an individual unless the person is
  a relative of the individual.
         (d)  In this section, "relative" means an individual who is
  related to the insured within the third degree by consanguinity or
  affinity as determined under Chapter 573, Government Code.
         SECTION 2.  Section 1103.053(c), Insurance Code, as added by
  this Act, applies only to an insurance policy delivered, issued for
  delivery, or renewed on or after January 1, 2024. 
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.