Texas Insurance Code

§ 545.001 — DEFINITIONS

IN § 545.001Title 5. PROTECTION OF CONSUMER INTERESTS · Part C. DECEPTIVE, UNFAIR, AND PROHIBITED PRACTICES · Ch. 545. HIV TESTING · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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In this chapter:

(1)"AIDS" has the meaning assigned by Section 81.101, Health and Safety Code.

(2)"Applicant" means an individual who applies to an issuer for coverage.

(3)"HIV" has the meaning assigned by Section 81.101, Health and Safety Code.

(4)"Issuer" means a person who delivers, issues for delivery, or renews coverage in this state, including a group policy, contract, or certificate of health insurance or evidence of coverage delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed in this state by an insurer, including a group hospital service corporation operating under Chapter 842, or by a health maintenance organization operating under Chapter 843.

(5)"Test result" means a statement:

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Legislative history

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