Tex. Ins. Code § 546.104 · Subchapter C. DISCLOSURE OF GENETIC INFORMATION; CONFIDENTIALITY; EXCEPTIONS
AUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
An individual or an individual's legal representative may authorize disclosure of genetic information relating to the individual by an authorization that:
(1) is written in plain language;
(2) is dated;
(3) contains a specific description of the information to be disclosed;
(4) identifies or describes each person authorized to disclose the genetic information to a health benefit plan issuer;
(5) identifies or describes the individuals or entities to whom the disclosure or subsequent redisclosure of the genetic information may be made;
(6) describes the specific purpose of the disclosure;
(7) is signed by the individual or legal representative and, if the disclosure is made to claim proceeds of an affected life insurance policy, the claimant; and
(8) advises the individual or legal representative that the individual's authorized representative is entitled to receive a copy of the authorization.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2005.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 670 (S.B. 53), Sec. 9, eff. September 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.546.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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