Tex. Insurance Code § 1251.116
This is the official text of Tex. Insurance Code § 1251.116, part of Texas’s Insurance Code — regulates insurance companies and the policies they sell.
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§ 1251.116. LEGAL OR EQUITABLE ACTIONS; LIMITATIONS.
Official statutory text
A group accident and health insurance policy must provide that an action at law or in equity may not be brought to recover on the policy:
(1) before the 61st day after the date written proof of loss is filed as required under the policy; or
(2) after the third anniversary of the date on which written proof of loss is required under the policy to be filed.
(1) before the 61st day after the date written proof of loss is filed as required under the policy; or
(2) after the third anniversary of the date on which written proof of loss is required under the policy to be filed.
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