Tex. Insurance Code § 36.159
This is the official text of Tex. Insurance Code § 36.159, part of Texas’s Insurance Code — regulates insurance companies and the policies they sell.
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§ 36.159. PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL RECORDS AND INFORMATION; PROTECTIVE ORDERS.
Official statutory text
(a) A record subpoenaed and produced under this subchapter that is otherwise privileged or confidential by law remains privileged or confidential until admitted into evidence in an administrative hearing or a court.
(b) The commissioner may issue a protective order relating to the confidentiality or privilege of a record described by Subsection (a) to restrict the use or distribution of the record:
(1) by a person; or
(2) in a proceeding other than a proceeding before the commissioner.
(c) Specific information relating to a particular policy or claim is privileged and confidential while in the possession of an insurance company, organization, association, or other entity holding a certificate of authority from the department and may not be disclosed by the entity to another person, except as specifically provided by law.
(b) The commissioner may issue a protective order relating to the confidentiality or privilege of a record described by Subsection (a) to restrict the use or distribution of the record:
(1) by a person; or
(2) in a proceeding other than a proceeding before the commissioner.
(c) Specific information relating to a particular policy or claim is privileged and confidential while in the possession of an insurance company, organization, association, or other entity holding a certificate of authority from the department and may not be disclosed by the entity to another person, except as specifically provided by law.
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