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H.B. No. 2608
Article 3.51-6D to read as follows:
Art. 3.51-6D. CANCELLATION PROHIBITED FOR HIV AND AMDS.Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this article, an
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that delivers or issues for delivery a policy or contract of group
health insurance in this state, including a group hospital service
corporation under Chapter 20 of this code, may not cancel during
the term of the policy or contract the coverage of a person covered
by that policy or contract because that person has been diagnosed
as having or has been or is being treated for. HIV or AIDS as
defined by Section 9.01, Communicable Disease Prevention and
Control Act (Article 4419b-1, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes).
(b) An insurer may cancel coverage under a policy or
contract covered by Subsection (a) of this article if there was
fraud or misrepresentation in obtaining the coverage by not
disclosing a diagnosis of AIDS and HIV-related conditions.
SECTION 9. Chapter 397, Acts of the 54th Legislature,
Regular Session, 1935 (Article 3.70-1 et seq., Vernon's Texas
Insurance Code), is amended by adding Section 3A to read as
follows:
Sec. 3A. CANCELLATION PROHIBITED FOR HIV AND AIDS. (a)
Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this section, an :nsurer
that delivers or issues for delivery an accident' and sickness
insurance policy in this state may not cancel that Doiicy durng
its term because th~e insured has been diagnosed as having or has
been or is being treated for HIV or AIDS as defined by Section
9.01, Communicable Disease Prevention and Control Act (Article
4419b-1, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes).
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. [Copy of H.B. No. 2608], clipping, May 27, 1989; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1823246/m1/27/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.