Tex. Ins. Code § 703.051 · Subchapter B. ANTIFRAUD ACTION; CERTIFICATION
ANTIFRAUD ACTION AUTHORIZED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A covered entity acting alone or through a person, corporation, or legal entity affiliated with the covered entity may bring an action in a court, including a counter-action or cross-action, to:
(1) prevent a person from fraudulently engaging in the business of insurance or the business of a health maintenance organization in this state; or
(2) redress the effects of a person who has fraudulently engaged in the business of insurance or the business of a health maintenance organization in this state.
(b) An action may be brought under this section if:
(1) the acts of the person may adversely affect or have adversely affected at least 10 residents of this state; and
(2) the department has not brought an antifraud action in a court against the person.
(c) An action may be brought under this section regardless of whether the covered entity is directly affected by the person's acts.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, 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.703.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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