Section 1255.105 - Waiting Period(a) A group family leave insurance policy must specify whether there is an unpaid waiting period. (b) If a group family leave insurance policy contains an unpaid waiting period, the terms of the unpaid waiting period may include: (1) whether the waiting period runs over a consecutive calendar day period; (2) whether the waiting period is counted toward the annual allotment of family leave benefits or is in addition to the annual allotment of family leave benefits; (3) whether the waiting period must be met only once per benefit year or must be met for each separate claim for benefits; and (4) whether the insured may work or receive paid time off or other compensation by the employer during the waiting period. Tex. Ins. Code § 1255.105
Added by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 703,Sec. 2, eff. 9/1/2023, app. only to a family leave insurance policy, amendment, or rider delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on or after January 1, 2024.