When a life insurance contract provides for payment of long-term care expenses funded through an acceleration-of-life-insurance benefit provision, the long-term care provisions of the contract must meet the following requirements of Chapter 3, Subchapter Y of this title (relating to Standards for Long-Term Care Insurance, Non-Partnership and Partnership Long-Term Care Insurance Coverage Under Individual and Group Policies and Annuity Contracts, and Life Insurance Policies that Provide Long-Term Care Benefits Within the Policy):     
       (1) terms must be defined consistently with §3.3804 of this title (relating to Definitions);      
       (2) definitions and descriptions of providers must be consistent with the requirements of §3.3812 of this title (relating to Policy Standards for Provider);      
       (3) to the extent that the acceleration-of-life-insurance provisions provide for payment of home health or adult day care expenses, such provisions must meet applicable standards contained in §3.3815 of this title (relating to Standards for Home Health and Adult Day Care Benefits);      
       (4) conditions triggering eligibility for benefits must comply with §3.3818 of this title (relating to Standards for Eligibility for Benefits); and      
       (5) to the extent that the acceleration-of-life-insurance benefit is intended to fund long-term care expenses that will qualify for favorable tax treatment under federal law, the long-term care provisions of the contract must further comply with the provisions of §4.1115 of this title (relating to Requirements for Benefits Represented to Be Qualified for Favorable Federal Tax Treatment) that are applicable to expenses paid for a "qualified long-term care illness," as defined in §4.1115, and any additional federal requirements for favorable tax treatment.      
     Source Note:        The provisions of this §4.1114 adopted to be effective March 1, 1998, 23 TexReg 1585; transferred effective April 16, 1999, 24 TexReg 3092; transferred effective September 1, 2023, as published in the July 28, 2023, issue of the Texas Register, 48 TexReg 4127; amended to be effective January 24, 2024, 49 TexReg 250