Sec. 843.005. USE OF INSURANCE-RELATED TERMS BY HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION. 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.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 6 - Organization of Insurers and Related Entities
Subtitle C - Life, Health, and Accident Insurers and Related Entities
Chapter 843 - Health Maintenance Organizations
Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 843.003. Powers of Insurers and Group Hospital Service Corporations
Section 843.004. Governing Body of Health Maintenance Organization
Section 843.005. Use of Insurance-Related Terms by Health Maintenance Organization
Section 843.006. Public Documents
Section 843.007. Confidentiality of Medical and Health Information
Section 843.008. Costs of Administering Health Maintenance Organization Laws
Section 843.009. Appeals; Judicial Review
Section 843.010. Applicability of Certain Provisions to Governmental Health Benefit Plans