{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-562.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 562.001","heading":"PURPOSE.","body":"The purpose of this chapter is to regulate trade practices in the business of discount health care programs by:\n(1) defining or providing for the determination of trade practices in this state that are unfair methods of competition or unfair or deceptive acts or practices; and\n(2) prohibiting those unfair or deceptive trade practices.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1331 (H.B. 4341), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 5. PROTECTION OF CONSUMER INTERESTS","SUBTITLE C. DECEPTIVE, UNFAIR, AND PROHIBITED PRACTICES","CHAPTER 562. UNFAIR METHODS OF COMPETITION AND UNFAIR OR DECEPTIVE ACTS OR PRACTICES REGARDING DISCOUNT HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.562.htm#562.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"f91f6c8d66bd01d028966902ba47352b016f5c1577371a069b5a27f6b211153b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-560.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-562.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}