Bill Text: TX HB1649 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to availability of certain insurance from a self-insurance trust for health care liability claims.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-12-17 - Filed [HB1649 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB1649-Introduced.html

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89R2462 SCL-D
By: Cain H.B. No. 1649

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to availability of certain insurance from a self-insurance
trust for health care liability claims.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 2212.054, Insurance Code,
is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2212.054. POWERS AND DUTIES OF TRUST.
SECTION 2. Section 2212.054, Insurance Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
follows:
(a) A trust may:
(1) purchase, on behalf of the members of the
association that created the trust or other persons who are
licensed to practice medicine or dentistry in this state, [medical]
professional liability insurance, specific excess insurance,
aggregate excess insurance, and reinsurance, as necessary in the
opinion of the trustees;
(2) purchase required risk management services; and
(3) pay claims that arise under any deductible
provisions.
(c) A trust may not make membership in the association that
created the trust a condition of issuing a contract for
professional liability insurance or other insurance to a person
licensed to practice medicine or dentistry in this state.
SECTION 3. 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, 2025.