{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1201.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 1201.002","heading":"PURPOSE.","body":"The purpose of this chapter is to:\n(1) provide for reasonable standardization, readability, and simplification of terms and coverages in individual accident and health insurance policies;\n(2) promote public understanding of coverages;\n(3) eliminate provisions in individual accident and health insurance policies that may be unjust, unfair, misleading, or unreasonably confusing in connection with:\n(A) the purchase of coverage; or\n(B) the settlement of claims; and\n(4) provide for full and fair disclosure in sales of accident and health coverage.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. April 1, 2005.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 8. HEALTH INSURANCE AND OTHER HEALTH COVERAGES","SUBTITLE A. HEALTH COVERAGE IN GENERAL","CHAPTER 1201. ACCIDENT AND HEALTH INSURANCE","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1201.htm#1201.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"531c5ad21104fc94a999d1987a711237838ae055ee653b8d0ef8141053b978b3","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1201.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1201.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}