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Tex. Insurance Code § 427.053

This is the official text of Tex. Insurance Code § 427.053, part of Texas’s Insurance Code — regulates insurance companies and the policies they sell.

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§ 427.053. APPROVAL OF AGREEMENT REQUIRED.

Official statutory text

(a) An insurer or health maintenance organization must submit the written agreement under Section 427.052 to the commissioner for approval of the form and content of the agreement.

(b) The commissioner must approve or disapprove the agreement not later than the 30th day after the date the insurer or health maintenance organization submits the agreement. If the commissioner fails to act as required by this subsection, the agreement is considered approved.

(c) An insurer or health maintenance organization may assume a subordinated liability only after the commissioner has approved the agreement under this chapter or Subchapter C, Chapter 823.

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