Texas Insurance Code

§ 564.004 — OCCUPATIONAL POLICY DEFINED

IN § 564.004Title 5. PROTECTION OF CONSUMER INTERESTS · Part C. DECEPTIVE, UNFAIR, AND PROHIBITED PRACTICES · Ch. 564. DISCLOSURES FOR THE SALE OF CERTAIN OCCUPATIONAL INSURANCE POLICIES

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In this chapter, "occupational policy" means:

(1)an individual or group accident or health insurance policy that explicitly provides coverage or benefits for an employer or the employer's employees for an employee's occupational bodily injury, disease, or death;

(2)an employer's insurance policy that explicitly provides liability coverage to an employer that elects not to maintain workers' compensation insurance coverage under Chapter 406, Labor Code, for an employee's occupational bodily injury, disease, or death in:

(A)a general liability insurance policy;

(B)a commercial multiple peril insurance policy; or

(C)any other type of insurance policy designated by the department as intended to provide liability coverage to an employer that elects not to maintain workers' compensation insurance coverage under Chapter 406, Labor Code, for an employee's occupational bodily injury, disease, or death;

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 281 (H.B. 3769), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.