Texas Insurance Code

§ 562.051 — MISREPRESENTATION REGARDING DISCOUNT HEALTH CARE PROGRAM

IN § 562.051Title 5. PROTECTION OF CONSUMER INTERESTS · Part C. DECEPTIVE, UNFAIR, AND PROHIBITED PRACTICES · Ch. 562. UNFAIR METHODS OF COMPETITION AND · Art. B. UNFAIR METHODS OF COMPETITION AND

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It is an unfair method of competition or an unfair or deceptive act or practice in the business of discount health care programs to:

(1)misrepresent the price range of discounts offered by the discount health care program;

(2)misrepresent the size or location of the program's network of providers;

(3)misrepresent the participation of a provider in the program's network;

(4)suggest that a discount card offered through the program is a federally approved Medicare prescription discount card;

(5)use the term "insurance," except as:

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1331 (H.B. 4341), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.