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TITLE 28INSURANCE
PART 1TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE
CHAPTER 3LIFE, ACCIDENT, AND HEALTH INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES
SUBCHAPTER SMINIMUM STANDARDS AND BENEFITS AND READABILITY FOR INDIVIDUAL ACCIDENT AND HEALTH INSURANCE POLICIES
RULE §3.3075Minimum Standards for Disability Income Protection Coverage

"Disability income protection coverage" is a policy which provides for periodic payments, weekly or monthly, for a specified period during the continuance of disability resulting from either sickness or accident or a combination thereof, which:

  (1) provides for periodic payments in an amount of at least $100 per month payable at ages through 62 and $50 per month at ages after 62;

  (2) contains an elimination period no greater than:

    (A) 90 days in the case of a coverage providing a benefit period of one year or less;

    (B) 365 days if the benefit is payable for not less than two years and is payable in an amount of at least $200 per month; or

    (C) 180 days in all other cases during the continuance of disability resulting from sickness or injury;

  (3) has a maximum period of time for which it is payable during disability of at least six months;

  (4) this section does not apply to those policies providing business buy out coverage.


Source Note: The provisions of this §3.3075 adopted to be effective January 26, 1977, 2 TexReg 159.

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