Sec. 1271.306.  CONVERSION CONTRACTS.  (a)  A health maintenance organization may offer to each enrollee a conversion contract.
(b)  A health maintenance organization shall issue the conversion contract without evidence of insurability if written application for the contract and payment of the first premium are made not later than the 31st day after the date of termination of coverage.
(c)  A conversion contract must meet the minimum standards for services and benefits for conversion contracts.  The commissioner shall adopt rules to prescribe the minimum standards for services and benefits applicable to conversion contracts.
(d)  The premium for a conversion contract shall be determined in accordance with the health maintenance organization's premium rates for coverage provided under the group contract or plan.  The premium may be based on the geographic location of each person to be covered and must be based on the type of conversion contract and the coverage provided by the contract.  The premium may not exceed 200 percent of the premium rates for the same coverage provided under a group contract or plan.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. April 1, 2005.