An insurer may not deliver or issue for delivery a policy subject to this subchapter unless the policy provides that if the employees covered by the policy stop work because of a labor dispute, coverage continues under the policy, on timely payment of the premium, for each employee who:

1. (1) is covered under the policy on the date the work stoppage begins;
2. (2) continues to pay the employee's individual contribution, subject to the conditions provided by this subchapter; and
3. (3) assumes and pays during the work stoppage the contribution due from the employer, subject to the conditions provided by this subchapter.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. April 1, 2005.