89R5800 SCF-D     By: Guillen H.B. No. 1840       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the eligibility of certain individuals to purchase   Medicare supplement benefit plans.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 1652, Insurance Code, is   amended by adding Section 1652.059 to read as follows:          Sec. 1652.059.  COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS YOUNGER   THAN 65. (a)  In this section, "entity" means an entity that   delivers or issues for delivery a Medicare supplement benefit plan   in this state.          (b)  An entity that offers coverage under a Medicare   supplement benefit plan to individuals 65 years of age or older must   offer the same coverage to individuals younger than 65 years of age   who are eligible for and enrolled in Medicare by reason of   disability or end stage renal disease.          (c)  Except as otherwise provided by rules adopted under   Section 1652.051, any benefit, protection, policy, or procedure   applicable to coverage under a plan for an individual 65 years of   age or older must apply to coverage offered under Subsection (b).          (d)  An entity shall offer a plan under Subsection (b) at the   same premium rate charged for that plan to an individual 65 years of   age.          SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to   a Medicare supplement benefit plan delivered, issued for delivery,   or renewed on or after January 1, 2026.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.