Bill Text: TX HB2620 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the award of damages in a private action involving health benefits for certain prohibited acts or practices by an insurer.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-25 - Left pending in committee [HB2620 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2620-Introduced.html
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By: Muñoz, Jr. | H.B. No. 2620 |
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relating to the award of damages in a private action involving | ||
health benefits for certain prohibited acts or practices by an | ||
insurer. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 541.152(a), Insurance Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) A plaintiff who prevails in an action under this | ||
subchapter may obtain: | ||
(1) the amount of actual damages, plus court costs and | ||
reasonable and necessary attorney's fees; | ||
(2) in an action authorized by Section 541.151 that | ||
relates to health benefits, the greater of: | ||
(A) the amount provided by Subdivision (1); or | ||
(B) $10,000, plus court costs and reasonable and | ||
necessary attorney's fees; | ||
(3) an order enjoining the act or failure to act | ||
complained of; or | ||
(4) [ |
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proper. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to a cause of action that accrues on or after the effective date of | ||
this Act. A cause of action that accrued before the effective date | ||
of this Act is governed by the law applicable to the cause of action | ||
immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is | ||
continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |