Texas Insurance Code

§ 544.154 — CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN INFORMATION

IN § 544.154Title 5. PROTECTION OF CONSUMER INTERESTS · Part C. DECEPTIVE, UNFAIR, AND PROHIBITED PRACTICES · Ch. 544. PROHIBITED DISCRIMINATION · Art. D. FAMILY VIOLENCE

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(a)Except as provided by Subsection (b), a health benefit plan issuer, life insurer, or person employed by or under contract with a health benefit plan issuer or life insurer may not release information relating to the status as a victim of family violence of an individual who is clearly a victim of family violence, including:

(1)information about specific acts of family violence directed at the individual;

(2)the individual's address or telephone number at home or at work; and

(3)information about the individual's employment, associations, family membership, or relationships.

(b)A health benefit plan issuer or life insurer may release information to which Subsection (a) applies only:

(1)to the individual;

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2005.