Texas Insurance Code

§ 704.002 — NOTICE RELATING TO FALSE OR FRAUDULENT CLAIMS REQUIRED

IN § 704.002Title 5. PROTECTION OF CONSUMER INTERESTS · Part F. INSURANCE FRAUD AND IDENTITY THEFT · Ch. 704. ANTIFRAUD PROGRAMS · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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(a)A plan issuer who provides a form for a person to make a claim against or to give notice of the person's intent to make a claim against a policy, certificate, contract, or evidence of coverage issued by the issuer must include on the form, in comparative prominence with the other content on the form, a statement that is substantially similar to the following: "Any person who knowingly presents a false or fraudulent claim for the payment of a loss is guilty of a crime and may be subject to fines and confinement in state prison."

(b)This section does not apply to a form provided to make a claim against a policy issued by a reinsurer.

Legislative history

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