(a) Guaranteed issue.
  (1) Eligible persons are those individuals described in subsection (b) of this section who seek to enroll under the Medicare supplement policy during the period specified in subsection (d) of this section, and who submit evidence of the date of termination, disenrollment, or Medicare Part D enrollment with the application for a Medicare supplement policy.
  (2) With respect to eligible persons, an issuer must not deny or condition the issuance or effectiveness of a Medicare supplement policy described in subsection (c) of this section that is offered and is available for issuance to newly enrolled individuals by the issuer, and must not discriminate in the pricing of a Medicare supplement policy because of health status, claims experience, receipt of health care, or medical condition, and must not impose an exclusion of benefits based on a preexisting condition under a Medicare supplement policy.
(b) Eligible persons. An eligible person is an individual described in any of the following paragraphs:
  (1) The individual is enrolled under an employee welfare benefit plan that provides health benefits that supplement the benefits under Medicare, and the plan terminates, or the plan ceases to provide supplemental health benefits to the individual; or the individual is enrolled under an employee welfare benefit plan that is primary to Medicare and the plan terminates or the plan ceases to provide all health benefits to the individual because the individual leaves the plan.
  (2) The individual is enrolled with a Medicare Advantage organization under a Medicare Advantage plan under Part C of Medicare, and any of the following circumstances apply, or the individual is 65 years of age or older and is enrolled with a Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) provider under §1894 of the Social Security Act, and there are circumstances similar to the following that would permit discontinuance of the individual's enrollment with the provider if the individual were enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan:
    (A) the certification of the organization or plan has been terminated; or
    (B) the organization has terminated or otherwise discontinued providing the plan in the area in which the individual resides;
    (C) the individual is no longer eligible to elect the plan because of a change in the individual's place of residence or other change in circumstances specified by the Secretary, but not including termination of the individual's enrollment on the basis described in §1851(g)(3)(B) of the Social Security Act (where the individual has not paid premiums on a timely basis or has engaged in disruptive behavior as specified in standards under §1856), or the plan is terminated for all individuals within a residence area;
    (D) the individual demonstrates, in accordance with guidelines established by the Secretary, that:
      (i) the organization offering the plan substantially violated a material provision of the organization's contract under 42 U.S.C. Chapter 7, Subchapter XVIII, Part D in relation to the individual, including the failure to provide an individual on a timely basis medically necessary care for which benefits are available under the plan or the failure to provide the covered care in accord with applicable quality standards; or
      (ii) the organization, or agent, or other entity acting on the organization's behalf, materially misrepresented the plan's provisions in marketing the plan to the individual; or
    (E) the individual meets other exceptional conditions as the Secretary may provide.
  (3) The individual is enrolled with an entity listed in subparagraphs (A) - (D) of this paragraph and enrollment ceases under the same circumstances that would permit discontinuance of an individual's election of coverage under paragraph (2) of this subsection:
    (A) an eligible organization under a contract under §1876 of the Social Security Act (Medicare cost);
    (B) a similar organization operating under demonstration project authority, effective for periods before April 1, 1999;
    (C) an organization under an agreement under §1833(a)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act (health care prepayment plan); or
    (D) an organization under a Medicare Select policy; and
  (4) the individual is enrolled under a Medicare supplement policy and the enrollment ceases because:
    (A) of the insolvency of the issuer or bankruptcy of the nonissuer organization; or of other involuntary termination of coverage or enrollment under the policy;
    (B) the issuer of the policy substantially violated a material provision of the policy; or
    (C) the issuer, an agent, or other entity acting on the issuer's behalf, materially misrepresented the policy's provisions in marketing the policy to the individual;
  (5) the individual was enrolled under a Medicare supplement policy and terminates enrollment and subsequently enrolls, for the first time, with any Medicare Advantage organization under a Medicare Advantage plan under Part C of Medicare, any eligible organization under a contract under §1876 of the Social Security Act (Medicare cost), any similar organization operating under demonstration project authority, any PACE provider under §1894 of the Social Security Act, or a Medicare Select policy; and the subsequent enrollment is terminated by the individual during any period within the first 12 months of the subsequent enrollment (during which time the individual is permitted to terminate the subsequent enrollment under §1851(e) of the Social Security Act); or
  (6) the individual, on first becoming enrolled in Medicare Part B for benefits at age 65 or older, enrolls in a Medicare Advantage plan under Part C of Medicare, or with a PACE provider under §1894 of the Social Security Act, and disenrolls from the plan or program no later than 12 months after the effective date of enrollment.
  (7) The individual enrolls in a Medicare Part D plan during the initial enrollment period and, at the time of enrollment in Part D, was enrolled under a Medicare supplement policy that covers outpatient prescription drugs and the individual terminates enrollment in the Medicare supplement policy and submits evidence of enrollment in Medicare Part D along with the application for a policy described in subsection (c)(4) of this section.
  (8) The individual loses eligibility for health benefits under Title XIX of the Social Security Act (Medicaid).
  (9) The individual meets the following requirements:
    (A) the individual was enrolled in both the federal Medicare program and the Texas Health Insurance Pool on December 31, 2013; and
    (B) the individual's Pool coverage terminated on or after December 31, 2013.
(c) Products to which eligible persons are entitled.
  (1) Persons described by subsection (b)(1), (2), (3), (4), (8), and (9) of this section are entitled to a Medicare supplement policy that has a benefit package classified as follows:
    (A) Plan A, B, C, F (including F with a High Deductible), K, or L offered by any issuer, for an individual 65 years of age or older who first became eligible for Medicare before January 1, 2020, except that for persons under 65 years of age, it is a policy that has a benefit package classified as Plan A; or
    (B) Plan A, B, D, G (including G with a High Deductible), K, or L offered by any issuer, for a 2020 newly eligible individual who is 65 years of age or older, except that for persons under 65 years of age, it is a policy that has a benefit package classified as Plan A.
  (2) Persons described by subsection (b)(5) of this section are entitled to the same Medicare supplement policy in which the individual was most recently enrolled, if available from the same issuer or, if not available, a policy described in paragraph (1) of this subsection. If the individual was most recently enrolled in a Medicare supplement policy with an outpatient prescription drug benefit, the Medicare supplement policy described in this paragraph is the policy available from the same issuer but modified to remove outpatient prescription drug coverage, or at the election of the policyholder, a policy described in paragraph (1) of this subsection.
  (3) Persons described by subsection (b)(6) of this section are entitled to any Medicare supplement policy offered by any issuer, with the exception of plans C or F (including F with a High Deductible) for a 2020 newly eligible individual.
  (4) Persons described by subsection (b)(7) of this section are entitled to a Medicare supplement policy that has a benefit package classified as follows:
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