The commissioner of insurance published a bulletin addressing the annual Long-Term Care Insurance Rate Guide data call for 2014. Each year TDI requests companies report long-term care insurance rates, information on their most popular long-term care product, and a rate increase history worksheet. TDI publishes the data in the Long-Term Care Insurance Rate Guide to […]
Informal Rule: New 28 TAC §131.1 Regarding Benefits–Lifetime Income Benefits The Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) is accepting comment on a second informal draft rule of new §131.1 regarding Benefits– Lifetime Income Benefits (LIBs). The informal rule was posted on TDI’s website on August 19, 2014 and may be viewed at http://www.tdi.texas.gov/wc/rules/drafts.html. The comment period […]
The commissioner of insurance has proposed new 28 TAC §§19.1801-19.1810, concerning a standard request form that can be used by physicians and other health care providers to request prior authorization of health care benefits. Please visit TDI’s website at http://www.tdi.texas.gov/rules/index.html to review the rule proposal. ### Texas Department of Insurance 333 Guadalupe, Austin, TX 78714-9104 […]
TDI proposes to amend the rules to implement the Amusement Ride Safety Inspection and Insurance Act to authorize the payment of annual fees to TDI for the operation of amusement rides electronically through the Texas OnLine Project at www.texas.gov, or by personal or cashier’s check. The proposed rule will also clarify that fees are nonrefundable […]
The commissioner of insurance has proposed amendments to 28 TAC §§22.2, 22.3, 22.10, 22.11, 22.22, 22.26, concerning the treatment of nonpublic personal financial information. The commissioner of insurance has also proposed new 28 TAC §22.27, concerning general instructions for a covered entity to complete the optional federal model privacy form to meet notification requirements. The […]
The commissioner of the Texas Department of Insurance adopted the National Council on Compensation Insurance Statistical Plan for Workers Compensation and Employers Liability Insurance (NCCI Stat Plan) and the Texas exceptions, as proposed in the May 30, 2014, staff petition (Petition No. W-0514-03-I). Carriers must report statistical data using the NCCI Stat Plan with Texas […]