HB1649 - Relating to availability of certain insurance from a self-insurance trust for health care liability claims.

  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.