Texas Department of Insurance proposes to amend 28 TAC §5.4200, and add new §5.4202, to define “good cause” for extensions of the one-year TWIA claim-filing deadline and to provide procedures for an insured to ask the commissioner to extend the deadline.
The proposed amendment and new rule implement HB 3, 82nd Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2011, which added Insurance Code §2210.205 and §2210.573 to establish a one-year claim-filing deadline for TWIA policyholders. Insurance Code §2210.205(b) authorizes the commissioner to extend the claim-filing deadline up to 180 days on a showing of good cause.