{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1601.209","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 1601.209","heading":"ORDER OF PRECEDENCE OF PAYMENT TO SURVIVORS.","body":"(a) The amount of group life coverages and group accidental death and dismemberment coverages in force for a participant on the date the participant dies shall be paid, on the establishment of a valid claim, to a person surviving the death in the following order of precedence:\n(1) to the beneficiary designated by the participant in a signed and witnessed writing received before death by the appropriate office of the applicable system; or\n(2) if a beneficiary is not designated under Subdivision (1), in accordance with the death benefit provisions of Subtitle C, Title 8, Government Code.\n(b) For purposes of Subsection (a)(1), a designation, change, or cancellation of a beneficiary in a document, including a will, that is not executed and filed in the manner described by that subsection is not valid.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 3, eff. June 1, 2003.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 8. HEALTH INSURANCE AND OTHER HEALTH COVERAGES","SUBTITLE H. HEALTH BENEFITS AND OTHER COVERAGES FOR GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES","CHAPTER 1601. UNIFORM INSURANCE BENEFITS ACT FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM AND THE TEXAS A\u0026M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM","SUBCHAPTER E. PAYMENTS, CONTRIBUTIONS, AND COSTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1601.htm#1601.209","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"794324abfe65fda07d2d78bc3a0455243194a1528c58586d2ecf17a690f1d8d6","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1601.208","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1601.210"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}