Tex. Ins. Code § 1301.161 · Subchapter D. RELATIONS BETWEEN INSUREDS AND PREFERRED PROVIDERS

RETALIATION AGAINST INSURED PROHIBITED.

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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

An insurer may not engage in any retaliatory action against an insured, including canceling or refusing to renew a health insurance policy, because the insured or a person acting on the insured's behalf has:

(1) filed a complaint against the insurer or against a preferred provider; or

(2) appealed a decision of the insurer.

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.1301.htm
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