USE OF INSURANCE-RELATED TERMS BY HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION
Known as the Texas Health Maintenance Organization Act
The act spans §§ 843.001 to 843.464 (146 sections).
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 1, eff
A health maintenance organization that is not authorized as an insurer may not use in its name, contracts, or literature the word "insurance," "casualty," "surety," or "mutual," or any other words that are:
(1) descriptive of the insurance, casualty, or surety business; or
(2) deceptively similar to the name or description of an insurer or surety corporation engaging in business in this state.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.