Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
INSURANCE CODE |
Title 8. HEALTH INSURANCE AND OTHER HEALTH COVERAGES |
Subtitle A. HEALTH COVERAGE IN GENERAL |
Chapter 1201. ACCIDENT AND HEALTH INSURANCE |
Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
Sec. 1201.002. PURPOSE
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The purpose of this chapter is to:
(1) provide for reasonable standardization, readability, and simplification of terms and coverages in individual accident and health insurance policies;
(2) promote public understanding of coverages;
(3) eliminate provisions in individual accident and health insurance policies that may be unjust, unfair, misleading, or unreasonably confusing in connection with:
(A) the purchase of coverage; or
(B) the settlement of claims; and
(4) provide for full and fair disclosure in sales of accident and health coverage.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. April 1, 2005.