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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Insurance Code § 562.051: MISREPRESENTATION REGARDING DISCOUNT HEALTH CARE PROGRAM.

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  1. INSURANCE CODE
  2. TITLE 5. PROTECTION OF CONSUMER INTERESTS
  3. SUBTITLE C. DECEPTIVE, UNFAIR, AND PROHIBITED PRACTICES
  4. CHAPTER 562. UNFAIR METHODS OF COMPETITION AND UNFAIR OR DECEPTIVE ACTS OR PRACTICES REGARDING DISCOUNT HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS
  5. SUBCHAPTER B. UNFAIR METHODS OF COMPETITION AND UNFAIR OR DECEPTIVE ACTS OR PRACTICES DEFINED

It is an unfair method of competition or an unfair or deceptive act or practice in the business of discount health care programs to:

(1) misrepresent the price range of discounts offered by the discount health care program;

(2) misrepresent the size or location of the program's network of providers;

(3) misrepresent the participation of a provider in the program's network;

(4) suggest that a discount card offered through the program is a federally approved Medicare prescription discount card;

(5) use the term "insurance," except as:

(A) a disclaimer of any relationship between the discount health care program and insurance; or

(B) a description of an insurance product connected with a discount health care program; or

(6) use the term "health plan," "coverage," "copay," "copayments," "deductible," "preexisting conditions," "guaranteed issue," "premium," "PPO," or "preferred provider organization," or another similar term, in a manner that could reasonably mislead an individual into believing that the discount health care program is health insurance or provides coverage similar to health insurance.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1331 (H.B. 4341), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:21Z. Source file · JSON

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