Tex. Ins. Code § 1201.216 · Subchapter E. REQUIRED POLICY PROVISIONS
POLICY PROVISION: PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS AND AUTOPSY.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
An individual accident and health insurance policy must contain the following provision:
"Physical Examinations and Autopsy: The insurer at its own expense has the right and opportunity to conduct a physical examination of the insured when and as often as the insurer reasonably requires while a claim under the policy is pending and, in case of death, to require that an autopsy be conducted if not forbidden by law."
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. April 1, 2005.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1201.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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